I just read an interesting article in the October issue of "Vegetarian Times" (www.vegetariantimes.com) called "Eat to Beat Breast Cancer." While I'm not a vegetarian, my diet has become much more "vegetarian-oriented" in that I eat (and advocate eating) lots of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and legumes. The good news, according to this article, is that eating this way can help prevent breast cancer.
The way the article describes it, when your liver filters your blood, it removes extra estrogens from it and sends them to your intestinal tract, where they're either removed from your body along with waste or recirculated back into your bloodstream. The fiber you get from fruits, veggies, etc. serves to carry away the excess hormones and get them out of your system (excess estrogens are believed to contribute to breast cancer). Pretty neat, huh?
There are scads of reasons to eat right, but this one should hit home with anyone who has ever had or known someone who has had breast cancer. Why not give yourself the nutritional edge against a disease that has tragically affected so many lives?
The article goes on to say that 40 grams of fiber per day is a good amount for adults to shoot for, and that soy products and mushrooms, especially, can reduce breast cancer risk from 30-64 percent! Those are numbers we can't afford to ignore.
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