A nutty superfood? Walnuts found to reduce breast-cancer risk
A couple walnuts a day will keep breast cancer away? A new study thinks this may be the case.
The study published in the Journal of Nutrition and Cancer links walnut intake with reduced breast-cancer risk in women.
Researchers at Marshall University found mice with walnuts in their diets — the equivalent of two ounces a day for humans, or eight to 10 halves of the nut — developed breast cancer at half the rate of mice without the nuts.
The walnut-eaters that did develop breast cancer had fewer and smaller tumours than their nut-free cancer sufferers.
It’s another example of diet playing an instrumental role in health. These encouraging findings will now extend to human research. Scientists assume we’ll benefit from the omega-3 and vitamin E combination just as the mice did.
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"We think now that diet can prevent 30 to 60 per cent of all cancers," said lead researcher Elaine Hardman.
"The healthy diet that we should be eating is what we know is healthy — a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and nuts. Walnuts can be an important component of that diet," she said.
Walnuts have been previously deemed both good for the brain and good for the heart. Maybe it’s time to add a daily dose to your diet.
Bonus: Eat ‘em for breakfast, and you’ll help maintain summer’s bikini body.
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