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A study released today (reported on here) suggests that a low-fat diet reduces risk of relapse in breast cancer patients.

The study of more than 2,000 women across the United States found that a group averaging 33 grams of fat daily had a lower risk or recurrance than those who made no change in their diets (and received around 51 grams of fat daily). It is often recommended that people get 30 percent of their daily calories from fat; most American women get more like 50 percent, according to the study.

While there is some debate over whether the reduction in breast cancer recurrance was due to eating less fat or other factors such as weight loss, it’s certainly not going to hurt anything to eat less fat in your diet, whether you’re a breast cancer patient or an ordinary citizen. It’s certainly worth thinking about.

Sarah White wrote this on May 17th, 2005 and filed it under Healthy Living, Diet & Exercise, Women's Health, Health Foods |