High fiber diet not helpful in fighting breast cancer

Friday July 20, 2007 in: Diet and Exercise Tag(s):

A study, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, was conducted in order to determine if having a high fiber diet will do well in helping breast cancer survivors avoid getting cancer again.

Women who are breast cancer survivors are advised to eat five servings of fruits and vegetables a day and to get no more than 30 percent of total calories from fat. This is to ensure that they are getting the right amount of nutrients necessary for them to avoid the recurrence of a breast cancer.

The study inflated the number of servings and monitored the progress of the women who have a higher fiber intake than the rest.

John Pierce, who led an international study involving more than 3,000 breast cancer survivors, has this to say about their endeavor:

"What we've got here is a good example of the bold colors and the strong flavors that we've emphasized in the study. The study dramatically increased vegetables up to about eight vegetable servings. Part of that was done with vegetable juice. We got three fruit servings and we took energy from fat down to about 24 percent.

After six years, Pierce and his group monitored the developments. Half the women in the study ate five servings of fruits and vegetables a day and limited their fat intake to 30 percent of total calories. The other half ate a diet higher in fiber and lower in fat.

The findings were not that encouraging. The study found out that there was no difference between the two groups in recurring breast cancer or living longer.

Too bad. But at least, the women who eat high-fiber diet are spared from hypertension and diabetes.

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