Food for Thought : As If You Needed Another Reason to Eat Strawberries (with recipe), Science News Online, Oct. 18, 2003



Whether draped atop shortcake, cooked with rhubarb and slathered over vanilla ice cream, or downed in the garden just after picking, strawberries are one of summer's delights. Now, scientists at Cornell University find that this fragile fruit not only tastes great and contains vitamins but also may offer surprisingly potent benefits in the body's fight against cancer and heart disease.