Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Breast Cancer Risk and PREDIMED participants

An article by Jacob Schor in the November 2015 issue of the Natural Medicine Journal discusses breast cancer risk amongst the female participants of the Prevencion con Dieta Mediterranea (PREDIMED) study.  
This 2003-2009 Spanish study involved over 4,200 women (between the ages of 60 and 80 years, average age 67.7 years) who were at high risk for cardiovascular disease.  
The participants were divided into 3 groups:  1 group that ate a Mediterranean Diet (MD) and 2 ounces of extra virgin olive oil per day, 1 group that ate a Mediterranean Diet (MD) and 30 g of walnuts, almonds, and hazelnuts per day, and the control group that ate a low fat diet. 
The primary reason for this study was to gather information around diet and cardiovascular risk/concerns, but it was also analyzed for breast cancer incidence amongst participants (with no previous history of breast cancer).  
The participants who ate the MD + olive oil were found to have 68% lower risk of malignant breast cancer than the participants who ate the control diet.  There was no significant risk reduction between the participants who ate the MD + nuts and the participants who ate the control diet.  
This information from this study provides another good reason to ensure that we have healthy fats, specifically olive oil, integrated into our regular routine. 

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