Jul 07
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Fruits and Vegetables Don’t Prevent Breast Cancer Return?
I couldn’t believe when I read this article, because quite frankly I’ve always been of the staunch opinion that eating way more fruits and vegetables that the Federal Daily Allowance says to can basically help fight any disease known to man, or at least make us feel healthier and stronger while we’re here on this earth. A new study that was carried on over 7 years though, is showing the women who were on a high veggie and fruit diet did not show any larger of a chance of their breast cancer returning than women who had a regular diet.
The outcome of this study has been to still exercise and maintain a healthy weight, but as researchers had hoped, the fruits and veggies, if no weight loss or maintenance was involved, did not actually improve the odds that the cancer would not return after a woman had gone in remission for a while. They still do emphasize that keeping weight down and exercising is still recommended, but are looking at the increased fruit and vegetable utilization in the diet as perhaps a moot point. Sick, I know – right?
On the positive side of the findings, women who feel maybe they did not get enough fruits and vegetables in their diet can take this off their guilty conscious if they got cancer and feel this is part of the reason, but it still bothers me because it’s like saying that eating a lot of fruits and veggies can’t contribute to healthy weight, which is part of the contributing factors to most cancers. Most people who eat fruits and veggies the right way, without a lot of fats or cooking oils etc. are actually on average, usually thinner than the average American who does not get much of this in their diet.
I guess since women did not lose weight on either diet, including the high veggie and fruit diet, they are concluding tons of fruits and veggies aren’t necessary to increase odds of cancer not returning. I just feel like some important variables were probably left out of this equation. More to come on this most likely – I’m hoping they addend their findings with more logical advice and information for survivors of breast cancer.
