Role of diet in breast cancer?

Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this is a perfect time to answer this question.

The answer is yes. To give you the best information, I turned to a registered dietitian Sally Sike Luo Rodriguez, MS, RD, LD, and Clare McKinley, RD, LD, at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the world's leading cancer hospitals. They explained that the risk of breast cancer can be reduced to 38% by lifestyle factors, including maintaining a healthy weight, regular exercise, healthy diet. In fact, there is less than 10% of breast cancer have a genetic basis.

For breast cancer prevention, restriction of alcohol a day, drink (wine 5 ounces, 12 ounces of beer, or 1.5 oz liquor) is the most important thing you can do one. In addition, plant-based diet with a variety of agricultural products, at least two cups a day is beneficial.

According to the American Association for Cancer Research ", no single food or food ingredient can prevent cancer itself, but scientists believe that the main food plant-based diet in combination, there is evidence that, minerals, vitamins and plant foods of plant chemicals can interact to enhance their personal role in cancer. This concept of interaction, of which 1 + 1 = 3, is called synergy. "

Choice of some cancer prevention, including beans, berries, cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts), dark leafy green vegetables (spinach, cabbage, beets, lettuce, mustard), flax, garlic, grapes / grape juice, green tea, soy, tomatoes and whole grains. A recent study in mice shows that walnuts can also play a role in the prevention of breast cancer, but these findings need confirmation in humans.

There is also a growing number of studies have shown that the body, one of the active ingredient in curry, curcumin may play a role in the treatment and prevention of various cancers, including breast cancer.

Overweight postmenopausal breast cancer risk is closely linked. 22-44 lbs adult weight gain and a greater risk and 50% of body weight by 45 pounds, and 87% increased risk.

Excess abdominal fat seems to be particularly harmful, most likely because of inflammation and its association with insulin levels, so if you tend to be more "apple-shaped" and carry extra weight, in your abdomen, which is especially important to lose weight, exercise regularly, and limit refined grains, sugar, sweet drinks, and add sugar to your diet.

When it comes to breast cancer survivors and healthy lifestyle is equally important, if not more. Many women are concerned about soy consumption, I wrote about before. Sally and Claire agree to up to three a day is safe, but they stressed, should be from whole soy foods such as soy milk, soybeans and tofu, like smoothies, bars, fortified cereals and soybeans to supplement should be limited.
The women taking multivitamins longer life than those who do not take the pill, may actually die sooner, a large new study found.

Involving about 39,000 women, aged between 55 and 69 when the study began, 19 years of follow-up study.

During this period, approximately 40% of deaths. When the researchers looked at who the vitamins, multivitamins than those who choose not to add a slightly higher risk of death. The same women regularly participate in iron, vitamin B6, folic acid, magnesium, zinc, copper.

In fact, the researchers observed a 15 to add, only calcium and a lower risk of death.

While in Archives of Internal Medicine, research, do not look at men's authors say their results are likely to expect the same for them.

The study found that vitamins and increased risk of death between the link; it does not prove that the supplement caused the death. The authors say their findings underlying cause is not clear.

"We see an overall increase in mortality risk, but we really do not know why," lead author Jaakko Mursu, University of Eastern Finland and the University of Minnesota, told CTV News.

But they noted that the study adds to a growing body of research shows that vitamin may help prevent disease, and may, in fact, may increase the risk of death emerged in recent years.

But vitamins are still very popular, even if a little difficult to study, there are some add.

Commenting on the research side, the University of Nis in Serbia, the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Dr. Christian Gluud said Dr. Golan Bjelakovic, many people continue to have the misconception that if a little vitamin is good, then we will be better.

"Until recently, the adverse effects of dietary supplements has been limited data, grossly underestimated, we believe that paradigm," the more the better "is wrong," they wrote.

"We can not recommend the use of vitamin and mineral supplements as a precautionary measure, at least not a well-nourished population," they conclude.

However, they added, older women, maybe men might benefit from vitamin D supplements, especially if they have enough vitamin D from their diet and sun exposure. As for calcium, "may require further research," they added.

For the study, Mursu led the research team from the Iowa Women's Health Study to analyze the data. In this study, in 1986, a 16-page questionnaire filled, their diet, their use of vitamins and their general health of women. They recorded their use of multivitamins, vitamin A, C, D and E and β-carotene, B vitamins and minerals such as calcium, copper, magnesium, selenium and zinc.

They were asked in 1997 and 2004, the complementary use them again. During the study period, from 62.7% in 1986 to 85.1% in 2004, the women said they participated in one or more vitamin ratio soared.

The researchers found that a variety of vitamin users account for 41% mortality over 19 years of follow-up compared to 40% of non-users.

The problem is particularly acute take iron: women more iron, the higher their risk of death.

Only calcium and a lower risk of death, and died 37% of users compared to 43% of non-users.

The researchers pointed out that previous studies have shown that vitamin users generally tend to have a healthy lifestyle. But they also said it is possible that some women took vitamin remedies, may affect their risk of death of the health problem or disease.
Finally, in the course of treatment, diet is very important to maintain optimal health and energy level, but before taking any supplement, best to consult a registered dietitian, preferably one with experience in cancer treatment, because of some additional, may actually interfere with chemotherapy or radiation.

In general, the focus should be on the whole food rich in antioxidants. Vitamin C may need to add, in some cases, if there is not enough food consumption. To find a Registered Dietitian, American Dietetic Association's website.

I hope your facts, you can make your breast cancer risk, is encouraged by lifestyle differences. Fighting breast cancer following a few recipes from the MD Anderson get you started in the right direction. A study reveals that women who have a diet consisting of meat and a variety of livestock products like milk, eggs and dairy products may reduce the risk of breast cancer. As for those who receive much intake of foods high in fiber like fruits, vegetables and grains, show a low risk of ovarian cancer. In the research team, Dr. Endofi check diet 3600 women who had breast and ovarian cancer which is then compared with 413 healthy women. Finally, the team found four groups of eating.

One group of adherents of the pattern of ‘animal protein’ that is eating red meat in large amounts of saturated fat, zinc, calcium and a number of other nutritious meal. Second is the group to have a diet rich in vitamins and fiber, beta carotene and other nutrients found in fruits and vegetables. The third group with unsaturated fat diet, which contains a high content of vegetable oils and fish oil, in addition to vitamin E. The four groups with diets high carbohydrate content of vegetable protein and sodfium. Of the four groups, the researchers found those who consumed the diet rich in vitamins and rich in fiber is the group with ovarian cancer risk is low.

The adherents of the unsaturated fat diet have a lower risk of breast cancer, and those who ate foods with high carbohydrate have a risk of both cancers.