Western Diet and Breast Cancer

The Chinese, who have one of the healthier diets, are getting sick and developing higher rates of breast cancer. The culprit? A Western style diet loaded with meats and sweets. New research, which specifically focused on breast cancer, has added to the growing body of evidence that a diet high in animal products and sugar will increase your risk of several types of cancer, as well as heart disease and diabetes.

Western Diet and Breast Cancer Study Results
This study examined the eating habits of approximately 3,000 women, ages 25-64. Half of this group had been diagnosed with breast cancer and are participating in an ongoing cancer study in Shanghai.  The “meat-sweet” group, who ate red meat, shrimp, fish, candy, desserts, bread and milk, had a 60 percent greater risk of breast cancer compared with the “vegetable-soy” group, who ate tofu, vegetables, sprouts, beans, fish and soy milk.

“We saw the clearest effect when we looked at post-menopausal women who were overweight, so it looks like there’s an interaction between a meat-sweet diet and being overweight,” said study co-author Marilyn Tseng, of Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia.”

Celebrity Diet Doctor Weigh in
This research is really nothing new.  The more animal protein and refined sugar you consume the higher your risk of cancer and other chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, stroke etc.  Eat more fruits and veggies to protect yourself from having the “cancer switch” flipped on by a Western style diet.

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