Just when we thought we couldn’t love cheese any more than we already did, science comes along and gives us yet more cause for worship.
The latest information that’s got us racing for the cheese aisle? Cheese could help kill cancer cells.
The cancer-fighting properties come from the natural preservative nisin, which is found in cheeses such as Brie, cheddar and Camembert.
Is there anything this delicious dairy product cannot do?
In a study, rats with tumours in their heads and necks who were fed nisin experienced extended survival rates, with 70-80 per cent of their cancerous tumor cells being killed.