The raison d'etre of this website is to provide you with hard scientific information which may help you make informed decisions in your quest for health (so far I have blogged concise summaries of over 1,500 scientific studies and have had three books published).

My research is mainly focused on the effects of cholesterol, saturated fat and statin drugs on health. If you know anyone who is worried about their cholesterol levels and heart disease, or has been told to take statin drugs you could send them a link to this website, and to my statin or cholesterol or heart disease books.

David Evans

Independent Health Researcher

Sunday 6 February 2011

High carbohydrate intake associated with breast cancer

This study was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrituion 2008 May;87(5):1384-91

Study title and authors:
Carbohydrate intake, glycemic index, glycemic load, and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer in a prospective study of French women.
Lajous M, Boutron-Ruault MC, Fabre A, Clavel-Chapelon F, Romieu I.
INSERM, ERI 20, EA 4045, and Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18469262

This 9 year study of 62,739 postmenopausal women investigated the relationship between carbohydrate consumption and breast cancer.

The study found:
(a) Overweight women consuming the highest amounts of rapidly absorbed carbohydrates had a 35% increased risk of breast  cancer.
(b) Women with largest waist circumference consuming the highest amounts of carbohydrates had a 28% increased risk of breast  cancer. 
(c) Carbohydrate intake was also associated with estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer.

The study shows that rapidly absorbed carbohydrates are associated with postmenopausal breast cancer risk among overweight women and women with a large waist circumference. 

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