Flaxseed consumption reduces risk of breast cancer by 18%, flax bread by 23%

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Consumption of flaxseed was associated with an 18% reduction in the risk of breast cancer according to a study from Cancer Care Ontario, the Canadian government’s cancer advisor.

Consumption of flax bread was associated with an 23% reduction in the risk of breast cancer.

“This Canadian study is, to our knowledge, the first to report on the association between flaxseed alone and breast cancer risk and has found that flaxseed intake is associated with a reduction in breast cancer risk,” the paper concludes.

Subjects

Subjects: 2999 women with breast cancer and 3370 women without breast cancer

A food frequency questionnaire was used to measure the consumption of flaxseed and flax bread by 2,999 women with breast cancer and 3,370 healthy control women who participated in the Ontario Women’s Diet and Health Study (2002-2003).

Reference

Lowcock EC, Cotterchio M, and Boucher BA. Consumption of flaxseed, a rich source of lignans, is associated with reduced breast cancer risk. Cancer Causes Control, 2013 Apr; 24(4): 813-816. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23354422

Author’s Contact Info

Beth Lowcock
Prevention and Cancer Control
Cancer Care Ontario
620 University Ave
Toronto, ON, M5G 2L7, Canada
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