Can fibre prevent breast cancer?
AndyWilks
January 13, 2012
breast Cancer, Continuous Update Project, diet and cancer, fibre
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Tags: breast Cancer, continuous update project, diet, fibre
Fibre can protect against cancer
This week scientists funded by World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) found that eating ten grams of fibre daily lowers women’s risk of breast cancer by five per cent.
And as the effect is cumulative, eating 20 grams would mean a ten per cent lower risk and so on.
The research – part of WCRF/AICR’s Continuous Update Project (CUP) – is one of the largest analyses of literature relating to breast cancer and fibre and was published in the Annals … Continue Reading
