Soda, meat up breast cancer risk in teens


Teenagers who consume a diet high in soft drinks, red and processed meat and low in vegetables may be at increased risk of developing breast cancer.

Researchers collected data from about 45,204 women who had participated in a questionnaire in 1991 about their diet in high school, when participants were 27 to 44 years.

"Because breast cancer takes many years to arise, we were curious whether such a diet during the early phases of a woman's life is a risk factor for breast cancer," said Karin Michels, professor at University of California.Each woman's diet was given an inflammatory score using a method that linked diet with inflammatory markers in the blood................Read more

 

Source: The Times of India


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