Food Antioxidants, Vitamin D Fight Breast Cancer

Food Antioxidants, Vitamin D Fight Breast Cancer

April 7, 2006

(The New York Times News Service) — A range of foods such as soybeans, fruits and green tea contain powerful antioxidants that help reduce a woman’s risk for breast and ovarian cancer, new studies find.

Researchers presenting data this week at the American Association for Cancer Research’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C., also found that vitamin D lowers risks for these cancer.

The new studies build on previous research and do look promising, but it’s too soon to change dietary advice, says one expert, Dr. Rowan Chlebowski, a medial oncologist at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif. ..

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