| Rather than focusing on breast cancer,
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| | food affected breast cancer risk. The
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| Wise Women choose to concentrate on
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| | diets of 61,000 Swedish women between the
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| keeping our breasts healthy through wise
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| | ages of 40-76 were followed for four
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| lifestyle and dietary choices.The
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| | years. The results? For every 5 grams
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| following tips may amaze you, since the
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| | (about a teaspoonful) of vegetable oil
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| actions and foods they suggest run
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| | consumed per day, breast cancer risk
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| counter to many alternative views of
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| | increased by 70%. In contrast, for each
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| cancer prevention. They are supported
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| | 10 grams of fat from meat and dairy
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| with strong research, however - from the
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| | products in the daily diet, breast cancer
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| lab, with animals, and in long-term human
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| | risk was decreased by 55%.Another study,
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| studies. Thus, each of these tips has a
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| | begun in the early 1970s, followed 4,000
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| solid scientific basis, unlike the
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| | Finnish women's diets for 25 years.
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| assertions made by those intent on
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| | Results recently released found that
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| selling you their opinions and
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| | those who "drank the most milk had only
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| products.Embarking on even one of these
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| | half the breast cancer risk of those who
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| suggestions will definitely lower your
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| | drank the least."American researchers
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| risk of breast cancer. Using them all is
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| | agree. According to a report in
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| even better. And as a special treat, I
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| | International Journal of Cancer (2001),
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| have added three extras. Look for lots
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| | women who drank milk as children and
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| more tips for keeping your breasts
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| | continued drinking it as adults had half
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| healthy in my book Breast Cancer? Breast
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| | the rate of breast cancer of non-milk
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| Health! The Wise Woman Way, recommended
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| | drinkers. (Yes, I do buy organic milk,
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| by many oncologists and breast health
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| | but the studies used regular supermarket
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| specialists including Dr. Susan Love. And
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| | milk.)Why? Galactose, the primary sugar
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| please visit my special breast health
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| | in milk, slows ovarian production of
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| website: Be more activeEvidence
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| | estradiol, a cancer-promoting hormone.
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| continues to accumulate that a vigorous
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| | Additionally, milk is rich in CLA
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| lifestyle is one of the best ways to cut
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| | (conjugated linoleic acid), a fat known
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| breast cancer risk. A study of 20,624
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| | to suppress breast tumors in animals.For
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| Norwegian women found those who exercised
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| | breast health I use yogurt, cheese, milk,
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| or worked out regularly cut their breast
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| | butter, and olive oil daily, and eat meat
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| cancer risk by 72%. (NEJM, 5/1/1997)For
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| | occasionally.Remember that olive oil is
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| breast health I walk every day, take a
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| | pressed from a fruit, not a seed. Women
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| weekly yoga class, and do tai chi twice a
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| | whose diets are high in olive oil, and
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| week.2. Eat more unrefined seed foodsAll
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| | who eat meat and dairy products
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| seeds provide phytoestrogens. Women who
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| | regularly, have the lowest rates of
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| eat the most phytoestrogenic foods are
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| | breast cancer in the world. (Journal of
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| four times less likely to be diagnosed
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| | the National Cancer Institute, 1/18
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| with breast cancer than those who eat the
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| | 1995)4. Eat less tofu and soy beverage;
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| least. "No study has shown a degree of
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| | eat more miso and tamariWhile it is true
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| risk reduction similar to that found for
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| | that if you begin eating soy foods as a
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| phytoestrogens ..." (Lancet, 10/4
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| | child and continue throughout puberty the
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| 1997)Whole grains such as wheat, rice,
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| | breast tissues you create during your
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| corn, kasha, millet, and quinoa are
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| | adolescence will be highly resistant to
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| unrefined seed foods. Beans such as
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| | cancer until after menopause. However, if
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| lentils, black beans, pinto beans, lima
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| | you begin eating unfermented soy (tofu,
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| beans, and chickpeas are unrefined seed
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| | soy milk, and the like) after puberty,
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| foods. Nuts including peanuts, walnuts,
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| | your risk of breast cancer increases.
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| almonds, and pecans are unrefined seed
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| | (Science News, 4/24/1999)The active
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| foods. And edible seeds such as sesame,
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| | ingredient in soy - isoflavone - when
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| sunflower, and pumpkin are unrefined seed
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| | given to breast cancer cells in petri
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| foods. Fruits and vegetables that are
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| | dishes causes them to grow rapidly.
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| eaten with their seeds - such as
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| | (Extracts of dong quai and licorice have
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| strawberries, blueberries, raspberries,
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| | a similar effect.)Miso and tamari -
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| kiwi fruit, summer squash, tomatoes, and
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| | fermented soy foods - are the exceptions.
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| cucumbers - count as unrefined seed
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| | Both are strongly cancer preventative, no
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| foods. Even seeds used as seasonings
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| | matter when you start eating them. Animal
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| count, such as cumin, coriander, caraway,
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| | studies have found both miso and tamari
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| anise, and dill seeds.For breast health,
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| | highly effective in preventing cancer,
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| I have replaced all refined carbohydrates
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| | even in mice genetically programmed to
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| - including white rice and white
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| | get breast cancer. And the more you eat,
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| unbleached flour products such as pasta,
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| | the more you lower your risk of
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| bread, cookies, crackers, pretzels,
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| | cancer.For breast health, I use miso and
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| bagels, donuts, and cakes - with whole
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| | or tamari every day. I occasionally eat
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| grain products.3. Eat less vegetable
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| | tofu or edemame. I drink no soy milk, and
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| oil; increase animal fat, especially from
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| | eat no other soy products of any kind.5.
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| dairy products"Diets high in corn oil
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| | Eat foods rich in antioxidants; avoid
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| leave animals especially vulnerable to
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| | supplements of vitamins C and EA diet
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| chemically induced cancers" say
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| | that contains plenty of foods rich in
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| researchers. (Science News, 6/24/89; 10/2
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| | antioxidants definitely lowers breast
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| 99) Frightening as this statement is, it
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| | cancer risk. But supplements seem to do
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| is not true only of corn oil but of all
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| | the opposite.Doctors in Stockholm
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| vegetable (or seed) oils including those
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| | observed that, among breast cancer
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| made from soy, sesame, sunflower,
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| | patients, treatment failures were higher
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| cottonseed, flax, and hemp.If you are
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| | for women taking vitamin E supplements -
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| dubious about eating more animal fat and
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| | and the failure rate increased with dose.
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| dairy products to reduce breast cancer
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| | Studying this effect, researchers found
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| risk, consider this landmark study
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| | that the anti-cancer benefits of fish
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| reported in the Archives of Internal
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| | oils "disappeared when [we] gave ...
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| Medicine (1/12/1998). To determine if
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