Fruits, Veggies Cut Breast Cancer Risk
 (HealthDayNews, 10/31/03)

Jackilen Shannon, and colleagues at Oregon Health and Science University, used a lifestyle questionnaire to analyze the eating habits of 1448 women living in Shanghai, China: 378 of the subjects had breast cancer and the rest did not. The investigators found that women whose diet contained at least 4 daily servings of fruits and vegetables have a 50% lower risk of developing breast cancer than those eating 2 or fewer servings each day. The researchers noted that breast cancer risk was also lower for subjects who consumed 6 or more eggs weekly. These findings suggest that women should eat a diet rich in fruits and vegetables.