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Western diet tied to increased risk of breast cancer.

Dietary factors may be related to breast cancer risk, which might be related to greater estrogen production from adipose (fatty) tissue and to eating fatty foods that increase circulating estrogens. In contrast, high-fiber foods tend to interrupt the circulation of estrogens and encourage their excretion. Researchers have long noted the lower incidence of breast cancer in countries where traditional plant-based diets based prevailed.

Researchers from the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia noted a striking increase in breast cancer incidence in migrants who abandoned their traditional diets that included rice, vegetables, and soy foods and who adopted Western diets ...

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