Saturday, April 7, 2012

Try a Mediterranean Diet for Breast Cancer Prevention

Are you aware that the Mediterranean diet can be your best ally against breast cancer? So , if you would like to minimise your risk of developing this dreaded illness, it is about time for you to take a rather more careful look into your diet.

Breast Cancer Statistical data

According to the Breast Cancer Society, Inc, each girl has a 12% likelihood of developing breast cancer during her lifetime. In reality medical experts envision that about one in every 8 girls will eventually contract this dangerous disease at some point of their lives.

I don't mean to scare you but you definitely need to know that breast cancer kills. According to the Centers for Illness Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 40,000 women in the US died of breast cancer in 2007 alone. And while the death rate assigned to breast cancer has been gradually declining since the 1990's, the death rate remains noticeably higher in comparison to all other types of cancer (except lung cancer).

It's also quite interesting to note that breast cancer also influences men. The North American Cancer Society let slip that about 2,000 men will be diagnosed as having intrusive breast cancer each year. Out of this figure, more than 400 will ultimately die from the disease.

Mediterranean Diet and Breast Cancer

So , where does the Mediterranean diet fits in this scenario? How can it help against the struggle against breast cancer? Well, according to a communication printed in the March 2012 issue of the journal BMC Cancer, gurus observed that the larger the adherence to a Mediterranean type diet, the lower the danger of breast cancer.

Additionally, postmenopausal girls that stick to a more Mediterranean like diet were observed to be at least 22% less likely to develop breast cancer. This actual study was broadcast in the American Book of Clinical Nutrition.

Do these observations appear promising enough? I hope they are. So , after taking all things into account, it actually pays to eat a diet rich in fresh fruit and vegetables, fish, legumes and olive oil. Try to imagine the likelihood of preventing breast cancer from spoiling your fitness and your life and you have yet one more great reason to do the switch.




About the Author:

Ray Darken has provided you more info here on the Mediterranean diet and you can learn more here about monthly issues of Mediterranean diet recipes.

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