Red Meat Consumption = Risk of Breast Cancer

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Red Meat Consumption =  Risk of Breast Cancer

Women who frequently eat steaks, burgers, and other sources of red meat during their premenopausal years may be raising their risk for breast cancer compared with women who get their protein mostly from poultry, fish, eggs, nuts, and legumes, a new study shows.

In an analysis of nearly 90,000 women, heavy consumption of red meat was associated with a relative risk for breast cancer 22% higher than that seen among women at the lowest end of the meat-eating spectrum, Maryam S. Farvid, PhD, Takemi fellow and associate professor from the Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, and colleagues report in an article published online June 10 in BMJ.

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