High fat diet reduces breast cancer

This post includes a summary of a paper published in the Lancet 1996 May 18;347(9012):1351-6 and a recipe for pancakes.

Study title and authors:

Intake of macronutrients and risk of breast cancer.

Franceschi S, Favero A, Decarli A, Negri E, La Vecchia C, Ferraroni M, Russo A, Salvini S, Amadori D,  Conti E, Montella M, Giacosa A.

Servizio di Epidemiologia, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy.

This paper can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8637339

This study assessed the relationship of dietary fat and carbohydrate with the risk of breast cancer. 2569 women with breast cancer (average age 55 years) and 2588 control women (maverage age 56 years) in hospital with other non cancerous diseases completed a validated food-frequency questionnaire

The study found:

(a) Women with the lowest intake of dietary fat had a 19% higher incidence of breast cancer than women with the highest intake of dietary fat.

(b) Women with the highest intake of carbohydrate had a 30% higher incidence of breast cancer than women with the lowest intake of carbohydrate.

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Recipe of the day

Pancakes

Makes 10-12

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Ingredients:

◦1 ½ c almond flour

◦½ c coconut milk
◦1 T sugar
◦1 t baking soda
◦1 t baking powder
◦1 t vanilla
◦5 eggs
◦ lard

Method:
Blend all the ingredients in your blender. Set your cast iron pan or griddle on medium heat and melt some lard. Ladle the batter into whatever size you’d like–coin, silver dollar, big ol’ fatties. Once tiny, little bubbles form around the edges of the pancake, it’s ready to flip.

Pancakes

High cholesterol reduces risk of breast cancer in women under 51

This post features a synopsis of a study published in Cancer Research 50. 2341-2346. April 15 and a recipe for broccoli basil scramble.

Study title and authors:
Total Serum Cholesterol and Triglycérides and Risk of Breast Cancer: A Prospective Study of 24,329 Norwegian Women

1Lars J. Vatten 2 and Ola v P. Foss                                                                                    Amazon:

Department of Oncology, University Hospital, N-7006 Trondheim [L. J. ('./.' The Norwegian Cancer Registry Montehello, N-DÕII)Oslo .? //,. J. \'.]; and Central Laboratory, L'llevaal Hospital, N-0407 Oslo 4 {O. P. F.J, Norway

This paper can be accessed at: http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/reprint/50/8/2341.pdf

The association between cholesterol levels and the incidence of breast cancer was examined in 24,329 Norwegian women aged between 35 - 51 over a 14 year period.


The study found that those women with the highest cholesterol had a 47% reduced risk of been diagnosed with breast cancer compared to the women with the lowest cholesterol.

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Recipe of the day
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Broccoli Basil Scramble

Ingredients:

2lbs of broccoli

8 eggs
giant wad of basil.
2 slices smoked bacon

Instructions:
Rinse the broccoli and dice finely. Head, stem, the whole works. Saute in a pan on high for ~5 min or until broccoli is al dente. While the broccoli cooks take a giant wad of fresh basil and chop it finely. Stem, leaves…again the whole works. throw this into a bowl with 8-12 scrambled eggs. Mix thoroughly and then add to the broccoli. Turn the concoction frequently and cook thoroughly. Serve with bacon.