A handful of walnuts included in a daily diet plan may reduce women’s risk of developing breast cancer. This is what the researchers of Marshall University have just revealed after they studied the effects of having walnuts in the daily diet of transgenic mice.
Based on the result of their research, which was published in the Journal Nutrition and Cancer, mice that were fed a diet containing 2 ounces of walnuts a day have significantly dropped the risk of developing breast cancer up to 50% compared to mice with typical diet. Aside from that, the number and size of tumors seen on a group of mice with walnut component in their diet were by far smaller and lesser.
When asked what’s in the walnut that help reduce the risk of developing breast cancer, Dr. Elaine Hardman who spearheaded the research said that it is the high levels of vitamin E component of walnut that primarily helps slow down tumor growth. It was also quoted in her interview that if people will only adapt to a more healthy diet, which means eating more fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and nuts; it will be easy to prevent breast cancer risk and other life-threatening diseases.
Based on the result of their research, which was published in the Journal Nutrition and Cancer, mice that were fed a diet containing 2 ounces of walnuts a day have significantly dropped the risk of developing breast cancer up to 50% compared to mice with typical diet. Aside from that, the number and size of tumors seen on a group of mice with walnut component in their diet were by far smaller and lesser.
When asked what’s in the walnut that help reduce the risk of developing breast cancer, Dr. Elaine Hardman who spearheaded the research said that it is the high levels of vitamin E component of walnut that primarily helps slow down tumor growth. It was also quoted in her interview that if people will only adapt to a more healthy diet, which means eating more fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and nuts; it will be easy to prevent breast cancer risk and other life-threatening diseases.
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