Folic acid in dietary supplements could increase risk of breast cancer, Swedish research suggests
In most women folate, a type of B vitamin, reduces the risk of breast cancer. However, in women with a certain genetic make-up it has shown to be the opposite: folate raises the risk of breast cancer, according to a Swedish nutrition researcher.
April 7, 2010 · by admin · in Nutritional News · Tags: folate-raises, most-women, nutritional counseling, opposite, reduces-the-risk, swedish, the-opposite, the-risk
Cancer protective effect of fruits and vegetables may be modest at best
An analysis of dietary data from more than 400,000 men and women found only a weak association between high fruit and vegetable intake and reduced overall cancer risk, according to a new study.
April 7, 2010 · by admin · in Nutritional News · Tags: between-high, diet, dietary-data, from-more, nutritional counseling, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, vegetable-intake, weak-association
