Coming soon: 'Medicinal ice cream' that can help fight cancer
29 Oct 2009, 1304 Hrs

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London, Oct 29 New Zealand scientists are developing an ice cream that can combat negative side effects of chemotherapy.

Along with dairy giant Fonterra, researchers at the University of Auckland are working on a "medical dessert" which has shown encouraging signs in combating the side-effects of chemotherapy in cancer sufferers, reports The Telegraph.

The ice cream, called ReCharge, is using active ingredients from dairy products to relieve diarrhoea, anaemia and lack of appetite in people undergoing chemotherapy.n trials, volunteers have been eating a 100-gram tub of the strawberry-flavoured ice cream each day.

"The two bio-active milk components developed for ReCharge have the unique potential to assist the body in coping with the side effects of chemotherapy," Fonterra's chief technology office Jeremy Hill said in a statement.

LactoPharma, a partnership between Fonterra and the university, screened dairy components for health effects. (ANI)

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