Which Dietary Factors Affect Breast Cancer Most?

American Institute for Cancer Research recommendation compliance associated not only with cancer prevention and survival but less heart and respiratory disease mortality and a longer lifespan.

Why do plant-based diets appear to lower the risk of cancer? A number of fascinating mechanisms:

Specific to breast cancer:

In terms of foods associated with breast cancer survival, see:

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[mmooppaarr]

3:28 both groups discourage Tabasco? Too bad, that's a fine condiment...(cough).

[NutritionFactsOrg]

Did you catch this week’s most popular video on how lifestyle recommendation adherence may reduce breast cancer risk by 60%?

[mdelro]

I heard a crazy thing this morning.  My co-worker, who has breast cancer, is going to have a pet scan done next week, and was told she needed to build up her muscles so the pet scan can work optimally.  The day before, she was told, she has to cut out all carbs, and only eat proteins -- of course, that means eggs, beef, chicken, etc.  I was about to say, No! No! No!, but she told me that's what her doctor is telling her to do and she has to listen to her doctor.  How sad this made me.

[cookletsdothis]

I honestly think many, if not most people generally know this (who really thinks excessive meat, dairy, sugar and alcohol consumption is good for them?), but they just don't want to give up their bad habits. It's more lack of willpower than lack of knowledge.

[Rosannasfriend]

Thanks very much for sharing! Eating fruit already as I view this !

[kelsieo]

I love you and am so grateful you exist, and by the way, you sound exactly like David Duchovny. :)

[crazypolishvegan]

I don't drink much of alcohol, I'm slim and I eat lots of plants - no breast cancer for me then yeah! 
Great informations, easy to follow. THANK YOU Dr Greger :)

[JadeStone]

Cancer prevention is really important to me... and I went vegan in April 2014 because of it.  I am worried though, because it seems that heart disease, diabetes, and cancer risks still stay high for people who are overweight/obese.   Even though I have been vegan now for 8 months, I have not lost any weight, and am still overweight.  Does the diet drop the risk more or less than the weight itself?

[el-sig]

It's amazing that we talk about foods for cancer patients without ever talking about the toxins in our food supply. I think often the problems is not really whether the corn and soy are good or bad for cancer but rather the fact that they are GMO makes them toxic where organic foods of exactly the same species of plants may even be healthy.

[stArtGallerycom]

Avoid "Alcohol and Tabasco" 😂

[CujoBD.]

lol  @ 3:30 - "alcohol and tabasco" 

[misterx]

3:30 - What's wrong with tabasco?

[typingcat]

I do not vegetarianism is an absolutely better choice than traditional eating (eating meats, sea foods, and instant foods), it depends on what the most important thing in one's life is. There is no argument that eating only green raw vegetables and fruits may increase your lifespan and could prevent possible diseases. But those benefits do not come for free.

First, you will lose at least half of the flavours humans can taste. As far as I know, all current human races prefer meats or sea foods. Some people would say they do not, but that is probably because of other reasons such as health. Children are true to their nature, find any child who prefers vegetables to meats. 

Secondly, you could be in a socially awkward situation. There are almost nothing you can eat in restaurants (the situation could be different depending where you live), food kiosks, and dinner at a friend’s house, etc. You cannot eat ice cream in the summer. You cannot drink milk, eat pizza or birthday cakes. When all your friends or family want to eat those, you will be in a socially awkward situation.

Thirdly, you have to spend much more time preparing, selecting, and cooking your meal. Say that is 1 more hour a day. Age 20 to age 80 is 60 years. That is approximately 4 years’ worth time (sleep time is excluded). By doing so, you live up to 90, instead of 80. This could be a bad choice depending on your point of view. Someone could prefer spending 4 years of their younger time doing something they want to 10 years of 80’s in a nursing home.

So, whichever way people choose, you cannot judge the other side. Some people prefer living longer sacrificing some of the joys, and some people are willing to sacrifice some of their life span in exchange for the joys… Do you remember a scene from the movie Matrix? A guy preferred eating meat in a virtual world to living in a crappy reality. Knowing it is a false world, does not change the taste. I think some people are like that. How can you prove living healthier & longer is the best value of human life? Some animals are happy to die younger after mating than living longer without mating. The most important thing in one’s life differs from people to people. What if one’s biggest joy of life is eating a turkey with the whole family on a Christmas? Do not try to force your value to others.