Consumption of Red Meat Increases Breast Cancer Risk
What is Breast Cancer?
Breast cancer is one of the most common of all cancers and is the leading cause of cancer deaths in women across the world. In India, it is the second most common type of cancer to affect women, and the incidence of breast cancer has been rising rapidly. Affecting more women in urban areas.
In 2002, the number of women in the country affecte by breast cancer was 80,000. In a decade (2012), the figure double to 144,937. The incidence of breast cancer can significantly reduce with increase awareness of these risk factors; one of these risk factors is dietary.
Another problem with many previous studies is that they did not take into account age groups or changes in consumption patterns. This basically means that many of the women in the studies were past the age of 40 and although they consumed significant amounts of red meat during adolescence and early adulthood, these dietary patterns changed towards middle age.
Dietary patterns at the present, therefore, had no bearing on current health outcomes that may have driven by past eating habits.
If you love eating those pork chops and salivate at the very mention of a beefsteak. You will be predispose dismissive of such studies. That force you to question your world view, or your taste buds! But these findings are noteworthy because the study took into account the limitations and flaws in previous models and made every effort to address them.
The study did not exclude women above 40. But it took into account the age of participants. This was factor into the results. The study which began in 1991, continued until 2011. With the eating habits of each participant being monitore during the 20-year period. The findings of the study were revealing, to say the least, but there are practical solutions even for those with a craving for red meat.