Red meat is linked to breast cancer
An American study showed that eating a lot of red meat in early adulthood can slightly increase the risk of breast cancer.
Researchers from Harvard University said, according to the BBC website, that replacing red meat with a group of foods that includes beans, peas, lentils, poultry, nuts and fish may reduce the risk of disease in younger women.
But British experts called for caution, and said that other studies showed no clear relationship between red meat and breast cancer.
Previous research has shown that eating a lot of red and processed meat likely increases the risk of bowel cancer.
The new information comes from the American study that monitored the health status of 89,000 women between the ages of 24 and 43 years.
A team of researchers under the supervision of Harvard School of Public Health in Boston analyzed the diets of nearly three thousand women who had breast cancer.
In the study, the results of which were published in the British Medical Journal, the researchers said, “Eating high levels of red meat in early adulthood may represent a risk factor for breast cancer.”
They added, “Replacing red meat with a group of legumes, poultry, nuts, and fish may reduce the risk of breast cancer.”
Dr. Maryam Farvid and her colleagues in the research team described the risk rates as “simple.
