Diet Tips for Breast Cancer

Sources Medically Reviewed on 01/13/2021 Reviewed by Melinda Ratini, DO, MS on January 13, 2021
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SOURCES:
American Cancer Society: “Can I Lower My Risk of Breast Cancer Progressing or Coming Back?” “How Your Diet May Affect Your Risk of Breast Cancer.”
National Cancer Institute: “Obesity and Cancer.”
Oncology Nutrition: “Soy and Breast Cancer.”
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: “Nutrition and Breast Cancer: Making Healthy Diet Decisions.”
International Journal of Cancer: “Fruit and vegetable consumption and breast cancer incidence: Repeated measures over 30 years of follow-up.”
Johns Hopkins Medicine: “Nutrition for Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors.”
American Institute for Cancer Research: “Anti-Inflammatory Diet Lowers Breast Cancer Survivors’ Risk of Heart Disease Mortality.”
Oncology Nutrition: “Alcohol and Breast Cancer.”
JAMA Internal Medicine: “Association of Frequency of Organic Food Consumption With Cancer Risk: Findings From the NutriNet-Sante Prospective Cohort Study.”
MD Anderson Cancer Center: “Organic Foods: A Healthier Option to Avoid Cancer?”
Cancer Medicine: “Intake of bean fiber, beans, and grains and reduced risk of hormone receptor-negative breast cancer: the San Francisco Bay Area Breast Cancer Study.”
Breastcancer.org: “Low Vitamin D Levels.”
PLoS One: “Flavonoids, Flavonoid Subclasses and Breast Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis of Epidemiologic Studies.”
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment: “Carotenoids and breast cancer risk: a meta-analysis and meta-regression.”
Linus Pauling Institute Micronutrient Information Center: “Carotenoids.”
Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry: “The Role of Phenolic Compounds in the Fight against Cancer -- A Review.”
Reviewed by Melinda Ratini, DO, MS on January 13, 2021
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