Breast Cancer and High Diet Fiber: Are More Fruits and Vegetables Helpful?

The latest issue of the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) has a very interesting study on the effect of increased vegetable and fruit consumption (High Fiber Diet) on breast cancer patients.

There has been significant evidence (in the scientific literature) that foods, and especially plant-derived foods (fruits and vegetables), contain cancer fighting compounds. A 1997 publication on Food and Cancer established that high vegetables /fruit diets probably decreases Breast Cancer and High Diet Fiber: Are More Fruits and Vegetables Helpful?Date: July 20, 2007breast cancer risk and, on the contrary, high total fat diets possibly increases cancer risk. The information on Breast cancer and the relationship with diet is somehow confusing and mixed on the positive effects of high fiber diets.

The study's (see reference bellow for original paper) purpose was to evaluate if an increase in the consumption of vegetables, fruits, and fiber, and a decrease in fat has an effect on the risk of recurrent and new breast cancer development. Also, it examined if such high-fiber/limited fat intake may have an effect on the all-cause mortality rate among women with previously treated early stage breast cancer.

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