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Women’s Health: Heavy Red Meat Consumption Raises Breast Cancer Risk Significantly

November 21, 2006 By Deborah

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We may be aware that too much read meat can raise our risk for heart disease. A new study helps to confirm other studies that have indicated a high consumption of red meat may raise a woman’s risk of breast cancer.

If you eat red meat, choose free range meat with no hormones added. Otherwise, eat more wild fish, chicken or turkey (also hormone free).

Happy Thanksgiving!

If an American woman consumes one and a half servings of red meat each day, her risk of developing breast cancer is double that of a woman who consumes three servings per week or less, say researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA. You can read about this new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine. [click link for full article]…

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Debbie is a board certified family nurse practitioner with an emphasis on women's health. During the past 22 years she has worked in women's health and family practice with a focus on the integration of conventional and alternative therapies.

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