Tree Nuts or Peanuts for Breast Cancer Prevention?04:33

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Published on January 17, 2018

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DESCRIPTION: Eating fiber-containing foods—especially nuts—during adolescence may significantly lower the risk of developing potentially precancerous fibrocystic breast disease (fibroadenomas). Harvard also found that fiber and nut consumption was associated with a significantly longer lifespan in women. See What Women Should Eat to Live Longer ( Soy consumption during adolescence also seems particularly protective. See Thursday’s video Why Do Asian Women Have Less Breast Cancer? ( The reference to the Black Women’s Health Study was referring to Friday’s video-of-the-day Preventing Breast Cancer By Any Greens Necessary ( What effect might even just a few weeks on a diet full of plants have on breast cancer cell growth? See The Answer to the Pritikin Puzzle ( Don’t nuts make you fat, though? You’d be surprised—see Nuts and Obesity: The Weight of Evidence (

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