Light Drinking & Breast Cancer Risk

By Mary DiMatteo | May 31, 2016 |

“This review examines three areas of study – one, the biological pathways of alcohol-linked breast cancer; two, the epidemiological risk relationship between drinking and breast cancer; and three, the global burden of breast cancer incidence and mortality that is attributable to drinking – with a focus on light drinking.” “showed that an estimated 144,000 breast-cancer…

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Dietary Fiber Intake & Breast Cancer Risk Reduction

By Mary DiMatteo | February 3, 2016 |

According to a recently published study, “Women who eat more high-fiber foods during adolescence and young adulthood–especially lots of fruits and vegetables–may have significantly lower breast cancer risk than those who eat less dietary fiber when young, according to a new large-scale study.” Furthermore, “The researchers looked at a group of 90,534 women who participated…

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