Two new studies published in the journals Cancer Prevention Research and Breast Cancer Research, respectively, have shed light on some previously overlooked superfoods that may help reduce a woman's risk of getting breast cancer. The studies looked at the lifestyle choices of women in regards to coffee consumption and the consumption of certain vegetables to determine what, if any, impact they had on the likelihood that a woman would develop breast cancer.
The coffee study, published in the journal Breast Cancer Research, was conducted in Sweden by researchers working through the Karolinska Institute. The scientists concluded that women who regularly drink coffee had a lowered risk of developing estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer.
The other study, conducted by researchers at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Missouri and published in Cancer Prevention Research, used lab rats to determine whether or not a certain compound, apigenin, when introduced into the body, affected tumor formation. Apigenin is found in various fruits and vegetables, including parsley, apples, celery, and some nuts, among other foods. In their study, apigenin appeared to both slow the development of tumors and reduce the number of tumors that developed overall.
Following are some numbers related to the two studies.
51: The average age that a woman in the United States experiences menopause. Researchers in the coffee study pointed to the age that a woman hits menopause as being another heavy factor in regards to their risk of developing breast cancer.
1 in 8: The number of women that will have breast cancer in their lifetime.
More than 200,000: The number of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the United States.
6 million to 10 million: The number of women who are prescribed HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) every year in the United States. The Apigenin study was specifically looking at ways to reduce the increased risk of breast cancer linked to HRT.
45: Percentage of women diagnosed with breast cancer when they are pre-menopausal who have estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer, the type studied in the coffee research.
30: The Body-Mass Index (BMI) at which women are generally considered obese, another risk factor identified in the coffee study and other research.
50 to 74: The age range of the women who participated in the Swedish coffee study.
5 or more: The number of cups of coffee that the women drank who had the greatest reduced risk of breast cancer in the Swedish study.
Vanessa Evans is a musician and former freelance journalist based in Michigan, with a lifelong interest in health and physical fitness.
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