Higher dietary fiber intake in young women may reduce bc risk

besa · February 2016

"Women who eat more high-fiber foods during adolescence and young adulthood--especially lots of fruits and vegetables--may have significantly lower breast cancer risk than those who eat less dietary fiber when young, according to a new large-scale study. led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health...."

The study will be published online February 1, 2016 in Pediatrics

Anonymous · February 2016

I had a pretty crappy diet up until I was 22 or so (despite keeping healthy habits otherwise like being an athlete, not smoking and not drinking as a teen) and sure enough, cancer at 28. I have wondered if all the McDs and junk I ate as a teen and college student screwed me up. But I also didn't have real great nutritional education growing up - I came from a real German American meat and potatoes family on both side, the kind where my mom remembers her dad regularly grilling beef outside in -20 degree Midwestern weather.

I did go on a big legume kick after Dx because I read beans help clean the liver. So maybe that helped save my liver even though it didn't save my brain

SummerAngel · February 2016

Interesting. It definitely can't hurt to have a good diet, but it sure didn't work for me! I grew up with a "hippie" mom who fed us tons of organic produce from our own garden and fruit trees. I've always loved vegetables and would feed my kids cruciferous vegetables while telling them how the veggies were cancer fighters. Ha.

ksusan · February 2016

Ja, I ate a lot of vegetables, including broccoli several times a week, through my whole childhood (I was not a kid who snubbed vegetables) and adolescence.

besa · February 2016

http://www.healthnewsreview.org/2016/02/fiber-and-...

Just saw this criticism of the information put out by Harvard in their news release...

http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/Col...

"Fiber and breast cancer risk: holes in Harvard news release set stage for misleading news coverage"

".........Nonetheless, the fact that neither of these stories gave readers a sense of the actual cancer rates observed in the high- and low-fiber groups (3.3% vs. 3.1% — a 0.2 percentage point difference) represents a fundamental flaw and overstatement of the results. And this flaw was present not only in the study itself, but also in the Harvard news release that likely served as a starting point for many journalists covering the story.

Harvard is widely regarded as an institution that sets the standard in scientific research, especially with respect to nutrition. We'd love to see their news releases do a better than this one did of elevating the public discussion in this area."

MelissaDallas · February 2016

I believe there are too many "studies" that start out with a politically correct premise & then bend the data to fit that politically correct conclusion

besa · February 2016

I agree political correctness and what is in fashion-- and over the years so much of what is in fashion seems to be constantly changing.

We are encouraged to eat something because it is supposed to be good for us and a few years later we learn maybe not so good.....

Higher dietary fiber intake in young women may reduce bc risk

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