Fight Breast Cancer With This B Vitamin
Last year, nearly 180,000 women were diagnosed with breast cancer. But getting enough of a certain B vitamin may help reduce your risk by up to 24 percent.
A recent study conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) compared dietary intake data from 1,508 women with breast cancer to data from 1,556 women free of the disease. The researchers found that those with the highest intake of choline (>455 mg/day) had a 24 percent lower risk of breast cancer than women with the lowest intake of this B vitamin (<196 mg/day).
The bad news is that only 10 percent of Americans are estimated to meet the Institute of Medicine’s adequate choline intake level: 425 mg/day for most women, and 550 mg/day for women who are breastfeeding and for men.
To get more choline in your diet, and help reduce your risk of breast cancer, eat more of these foods:
- A large egg has 112 mg of choline.
- Ground beef, 80 percent lean/20 percent fat – a 3.5 oz patty – has 81 mg.
- Cauliflower – 3/4 of a cup (cooked) – has 62 mg.
- Navy beans – 1/2 a cup (cooked) – has 48 mg.
- Almonds (sliced) – 1/2 a cup – has 26 mg.
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