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DESCRIPTION: 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:
• Anti-Angiogenesis: Cutting Off Tumor Supply Lines (
• Ex Vivo Cancer Proliferation Bioassay (
• Starving Cancer with Methionine Restriction (
• Prevent Cancer From Going on TOR (
Specific to breast cancer:
• Broccoli vs. Breast Cancer Stem Cells (
• Why Do Asian Women Have Less Breast Cancer? (
• Flaxseeds & Breast Cancer Prevention (
• Breast Cancer vs. Mushrooms (
• Preventing Breast Cancer by Any Greens Necessary (
• Tree Nuts or Peanuts for Breast Cancer Prevention? (
• Estrogenic Cooked Meat Carcinogens (
• Fiber vs. Breast Cancer (
Though plant-based beverages may be harmful: Breast Cancer and Alcohol: How Much Is Safe? (
In terms of foods associated with breast cancer survival, see:
• Breast Cancer Survival Vegetable (
• BRCA Breast Cancer Genes and Soy (
• Flaxseeds & Breast Cancer Survival: Clinical Evidence (
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