A study, involving more than 90,000 premenopausal nurses, suggests women who eat 1½ servings or more of red meat a day have almost double the risk of developing breast cancer compared with women who eat red meat three times a week or less. Possible reasons for this include compounds in the cooked meat or growth hormones given to animals. This is just another reason why you should eat a wide variety of foods, including fruit, veggies, and whole grains. [Health Magazine, May 2007]
Something else to think about is that each year 47 pounds of seafood is consumed per person in America, but 145.7 pounds of seafood is consumed per person in Japan. [ Health Magazine, June 2007] There are 21.2 per 100,000 America women that suffer from breast cancer, while in Japan only 8.6 per 100,000 Japanese women suffer from breast cancer. It might be a coincidence, but then it might not be. [Breast Cancer Incidence by Country]
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