Rood vlees en borstkanker.*
Uit een Engels onderzoek onder meer dan 35.000 vrouwen blijkt dat vrouwen die meer dan 57 gram rood vlees per dag eten wel 56% meer kans hebben op het krijgen van borstkanker dan zij die geen rood vlees eten. Vrouwen die het meeste bewerkt vlees eten, zoals bacon, worst en vleeswaren verhogen hun kans wel met 64%.
Deze conclusies komen uit hetzelfde onderzoek waaruit bleek dat een vezelrijk dieet de kans op borstkanker doet halveren.
Red Meat
Linked To Breast Cancer
Eating red meat increases a woman's chance of developing breast cancer,
according to new research from the University of Leeds.
The findings are most striking for post-menopausal women those with the highest
intake of red meat, the equivalent to one portion a day (more than 57 grams) -
run a 56 per cent greater risk of breast cancer than those who eat none. Women
who eat the most processed meat, such as bacon, sausages, ham or pies, run a 64
per cent greater risk of breast cancer than those who eat none.
Researchers at the University's Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics have
been tracking the eating habits and health of more than 35,000 women for the
past seven years, and their latest findings are published in the British Journal
of Cancer. Earlier findings, widely reported in January, showed that
pre-menopausal women who have the greatest intake of fibre have cut their risk
of breast cancer in half.
LEEDS UNIVERSITY (Mei 2007)
(Opm.: Meer over voeding en borstkanker.)