Oct. 01, 2015
(NaturalSociety.com) The notoriously-healthy Mediterranean diet – with a heaping helping of olive oil – has been associated with a decreased risk of breast cancer in a new study.
The Mediterranean diet consists of regularly consuming fish, nuts, legumes, fruits, vegetables, and plenty of olive oil. The eating pattern has been considered one of the healthiest for years. In 2013, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that the Mediterranean diet could protect against heart disease. A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine this past May showed it could stave off memory loss. And there are many more.
The new study looked at 4,282 women between the ages of 60 and 80. On average, participants were 68 years of age, and obese, with an average body mass index (BMI) of 30.4. A BMI of 30 is considered clinically obese.
“After a median follow-up of 4.8 years, we identified 35 confirmed incident cases of breast cancer,” study author Miguel Martínez-González, of the University of Navarra in Spain, and colleagues wrote.
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