Eating meat not linked to breast cancer in older women
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Meat is good! Well, it’s not all bad anyway. There are several things that have been linked to breast cancer in postmenopausal women like smoking e.t.c. Well, now it looks like eating meat is not one of them.
Meat produces chemicals called “meat mutagens”, which are thought to cause changes in the DNA in cells. Changes in the DNA (mutations) are what triggers cancer. Apparently, eating any type of meat, whether white or red, no matter how it’s cooked, does not increase the risk of developing breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
Researchers found that even in those who were already had high risk factors for developing breast cancer e.g women who smoked, drank alcohol, used menopausal HRT, had no children or were obese, eating meat did not appear to increase their risk of developing breast cancer.
I need to stress that this study looked at the diet of post-menopausal women in relation to breast cancer. It is still possible that eating large amounts of meat as a teenager when the breasts are developing, may increase breast cancer risk.
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