– The study showed higher intakes of the mineral selenium and folic acid (a B-vitamin) were associated with a 50% reduction in colon cancer incidence Study Design The study was a large, population-based, case-control study including 1,691 subjects with colon cancer Results: - Individuals with Selenium blood levels above 140 mcg/L and Folic Acid intake above 354 mcg...
read moreIn 1996, Dr Walter Willett of Harvard University authored a report in the Journal of The National Cancer Institute stating that, after reviewing the world-wide evidence, approximately 50% of breast cancer cases could be avoided if women in North America engaged in more prudent nutrition and lifestyle practices. It has been shown consistently that having a full-term pregnancy and breast feeding before age 30 reduces a woman’s lifetime risk of breast cancer by 25-30%, and that another 20-25% of breast cancer cases ar...
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