These 10 Foods Have All Been Associated With Reduced Breast Cancer Risk

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Breast cancer is one of the most terrible problems experienced today. According to Breastcancer.org, one in eight women in the US will experience breast cancer in her lifetime. That’s 12 percent of the total population of women in the country. It is estimated that almost a quarter of a million women (approximately 231,840) will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2015 and 60,290 will be diagnosed with non-invasive breast cancer during the same period. ^[1]

How you can fight it: Adjusting your diet is one of the many ways to reduce your risk for breast cancer. While genetics play a very large role in breast cancer, lifestyle changes may still be able to help you improve your odds. Numerous studies have reported beneficial effects of certain key foods against breast cancer. Some of these studies are preliminary “in vitro” studies but a significant number have discovered actual risk reduction in humans: