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Article: Breast cancer link in doubt // High-fat diet may not increase risk
- Article from:
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 10, 1999
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A 14-year study of nearly 89,000 women contradicted prevailing
medical theory by finding no evidence that a high-fat diet promotes
breast cancer or that a low-fat diet protects against it.
Physicians have theorized that eating lots of fat increases
breast cancer risk. They have based their thinking on animal
studies, international comparisons and studies of women who developed
breast cancer and women who didn't.
Others have suggested that the key is the type of fat consumed,
rather than the amount; that fish oil offers some protection from
breast cancer; or that contaminants stored in fat trigger breast
cancer.
The new study tracked 88,795 women in the continuing Nurses'
Health Study. ...