| The protective effects in one's diet of particular | | | | When analyzing the data, the doctors found that |
| fruits and vegetables that offers against cancer may | | | | 16% of those who doubled their fruit and vegetable |
| intuitively seem to apply more to cancers that are | | | | intake suffered a relapse after 7 years, as compared |
| related to the gastrointestinal tract, such as colon | | | | to 23% of those in the control group. In post |
| cancer, stomach cancer or intestinal cancer. On the | | | | menopausal women, the results were more startling. |
| other hand, for certain cancers, like those of the | | | | They represented a reduction in risk of their breast |
| ovaries, prostate and breasts, one may be more | | | | cancer reoccurring by 47%, if they had lower levels |
| inclined to believe that hormones play a bigger part. | | | | of estrogen. After undergoing conventional breast |
| The truth however, is that diet does play a significant | | | | cancer treatment, women had been found to have |
| role even in breast cancer. And a recent study has | | | | lower levels of estrogen as compared to those who |
| revealed that the consumption of good amount of | | | | did not and they suffered from hot flashes. |
| fruits and vegetables can reduce the risk of breast | | | | Whilst more research needs to be conducted it |
| cancer recurrence by almost a third. This protective | | | | would imply that consuming at least ten portions of |
| effect however, only seemed to apply to certain | | | | fresh fruit and vegetables a day could assist in |
| women but not to everyone. | | | | lowering the levels of estrogens in breast cancer |
| 3,000 breast cancer sufferers with an average age | | | | survivors, and reducing their risk of a relapse. If this |
| of fifty three were split into two control groups to | | | | medical study is correct it could account for past |
| assess if low fat intake and the consumption of | | | | anomalies that demonstrated that some women |
| higher amounts of fruits and vegetables than | | | | really benefited from increased amounts of fruit and |
| recommended by the US Government could play a | | | | vegetables and other women did not. |
| part in preventing the return of the breast cancer. | | | | However, no single studies have ever implicated a |
| Half the women were asked to consume 10 servings | | | | health risk in eating a large amount of fresh fruit and |
| of fruits and vegetables every day, which is double | | | | vegetables and it can do no harm to increase the |
| the five a day servings recommended by United | | | | amount for your overall health. Combine a healthy |
| States government agencies. This was to boost their | | | | diet with regular exercise at least a walk for half an |
| content as well as the antioxidant content and they | | | | hour three times a week, and a positive attitude to |
| were asked to reduce their fat content. The second | | | | your treatment cannot be beaten. Rest is also an |
| control group were asked to eat the five a day | | | | important part of any cure it allows the body to |
| government guidelines. | | | | recover. |