6 Foods That May Affect Breast Cancer Risk

A woman's risk of breast cancer depends on many things, including her genetics, lifestyle and plain old chance. One out of every eight...

A woman's risk of breast cancer depends on many things, including her genetics, lifestyle and plain old chance. One out of every eight women today will be diagnosed with breast cancer at
some point in her life.

There are many risk factors for breast cancer, including some that are out of a woman's control, such as family history and genetics. But some aspects of a woman's lifestyle also affect her risk. Getting regular exercise, maintaining a healthy body weight and avoiding smoking may all lower the risk of breast cancer.

Diet may also affect women's risk of breast cancer, research has shown. While many studies on diet and cancer risk have yielded mixed results, trends in the research suggest that certain foods might truly affect cancer risk.

Here are six foods for which there is relatively good evidence that they affect the risk for certain types of breast cancer, or that they affect risk in some individuals.

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