Breast Cancer Prevention With the Mediterranean Diet

Breast cancer prevention can be very complex, we advocate our patients coming in to discuss all of their risks.

New data on the Mediterranean diet shows breast cancer protection as well as being good for your heart, your kidneys, and your brain.This study was fascinating because it compared just adding a few nuts to your basic diet, or going low fat.

But specifically a Mediterranean Diet helped protect against breast cancer in post menopausal white women who were at high risk for cardiovascular disease.

The study does have some limitations for what women can apply to their own health. But the data has been accumulating for many years that eating a Mediterranean diet is the best diet for many people. There are so many good sources of information on how to convert to this sort of eating, but here is one simple link you can look at for what your plate should look like.