How to prevent breast cancer by your diet

How to prevent breast cancer by your diet  - Are you at a high risk for breast cancer? Are you looking for the best diet to reduce your risk of breast cancer? Use these tips to create a healthy diet to reduce your risk of breast cancer.


Instructions

1. There is no diet that absolutely prevents breast cancer. There have been many studies to show certain vitamins and minerals reduce the risk of cancer. Other studies have yielded strong enough conclusions for the medical field to promote one diet as a prevention for cancer. We do know that certain things help and some things hurt.

2. Avoid saturated fat. First and foremost is to avoid a diet high in saturated fat. Not directly linked to breast cancer but these diets dramatically impair your overall health and weaken your immune systems. Diets high in saturated fat are a direct cause of obesity and obesity is a high risk factor for breast cancer.


3. Eat more fresh fruit and raw vegetables. The medical community supports overall healthy diet as an important part of avoiding all diseases. Furthermore, there have been studies to show that if a woman eat at least 5 servings of fresh fruit and raw vegetables their risk for cancer is reduced. This is especially true with pre menopausal women who drink less than one glass of alcohol a day.
     
4. Folic acid or Folate has been shown to reduce risk of breast cancer. Folic acid is a vitamin b mineral. It comes primarily from enriched flours and cereals and any multi vitamins. The natural for is Folate found primarily in green leafy vegetables, beans and asparagus. Women who eat diets high in Folic Acid and Folate are also found to have lower risks of breast cancer.


Tips & Warnings
   
Eat at least 5 servings of fresh fruit and raw vegetables daily.

Eat diets high in Folate and Folic Acid

Multi vitamins and nutritional supplements can help you

Avoid diets high in saturated fat

Avoid drinking alcohol as it increases your risk for breast cancer

See your doctor regularly, especially if you have high risk factors for breast cancer


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