Sunday, January 27, 2013

Diet affects the risk of cancer

Women who consume large amounts of meat and dairy products reduces the risk of breast cancer, while those who say most of consuming fruits and vegetables and a reduced risk of ovarian cancer, scientists. The research is published in the International Journal of Cancer. Consuming alcohol in large quantities leads to the risk of breast cancer, but when Italian scientists have touched other aspects of the food, they have come to conflicting conclusions. Some studies have shown that women will increase the consumption of red meat, the risk of breast cancer, but other studies have not confirmed this. Fat, used mainly in animal products leads to a higher risk of breast cancer, said in some studies, but in other studies, the researchers could find no evidence of this effect. While many studies on the inclusion of certain nutrients have been concentrated, it was necessary to pay attention to the combination of substances, which are normally used for human consumption. Scientists conducted an experiment, the nutrition 3600 women with breast cancer and ovarian cancer and 3,413 healthy women of the same age. The results showed that women who are foods rich in vitamins food, the risk of ovarian cancer decreased by 23% compared with those who consumed a diet low in vitamins and nutrients. Since the use of animal products associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer. Scientists are asked to eat more fruit and vegetables and fish, nuts and olive oil to protect the body against the deadly disease.

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