Red meat consumption nearly doubles risk of breast cancer: NewsTarget.com

Women who eat more than 1.5 servings of red meat per day are nearly twice as likely to develop hormone-related breast cancer, compared to women who eat fewer than three servings per week, according to a new Harvard study.

Researchers from Harvard Medical School examined records from The Nurses' Health Study -- which includes data on more than 90,000 women who were questioned on their dietary habits in 1991, 1995 and 1999 -- and found that red meat consumption is linked with a higher risk of breast cancer.

The researchers found that women who tend to eat more red meat are also more likely to be overweight and smoke cigarettes, which have both been linked with increased breast cancer rates. However, when the researchers took those factors into account, the women who ate more red meat still ran an increased risk of breast cancer.

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