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    Calories, Carbs, Fat, Fiber: Unraveling The Links Between Breast Cancer And Diet

    A new study finds that women who ate a low-fat diet and more fruits, vegetables and grains, lowered their risk of dying from breast cancer. But which of those factors provided the protective effect?
    by Allison Aubrey May 18, 2019 3 minutes
    A new study finds that women who ate a low-fat diet and more fruits, vegetables and grains, lowered their risk of dying from breast cancer. But which of those factors provided the protective effect?

    "A Low-Fat Diet Helps Reduce The Risk of Death From Breast Cancer." Did a headline like this catch your eye this week?

    Dozens of news organizations, including NPR, reported on a new study that found a low-fat diet helped women reduce their risk of dying from breast cancer.

    The findings stem from the federally funded Women's Health Initiative, a huge, long-term, national health study launched back in 1993. At the time it began, women who enrolled in the study were in their 50s, 60s and 70s.

    As part of the study, about of the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. In addition, women were asked to eat more fruits, vegetables and grains. A comparison group of nearly 30,000 women continued to follow their normal diet.

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