The Claim
Higher adherence to healthful plant-based diets, as measured by a 10-unit increase in the healthful plant-based diet index (hPDI), is associated with a 6% lower risk of breast cancer.
What the research says
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Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
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People who eat more whole grains, fruits, vegetables, legumes, and nuts have a 6% lower risk of breast cancer for every 10-point increase in a diet quality score based on these foods.
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Higher adherence to healthful plant-based diets, characterized by increased intake of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, legumes, and nuts, is associated with a 6% lower risk of breast cancer per 10-unit increase in the healthful plant-based diet index (hPDI), suggesting that dietary quality within plant-based patterns significantly influences cancer risk.
Eating more whole grains, fruits, vegetables, legumes, and nuts lowers the amount of active estrogen in the body and reduces long-term inflammation, which together slow the growth of breast cells that can turn into cancer.
What the research says
1 studyPeople who eat more healthy plant foods like vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, and legumes have a slightly lower chance of getting breast cancer, according to this big study of many people. Eating more unhealthy plant foods like sugary snacks didn’t help, but healthy ones did.
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