Reduce Breast Cancer Risk with Dietary Mushrooms, Cancer Prevention, Foods

Mushrooms have long been reported to have potential anti-cancer benefits; however, the vast majority of the studies exploring the cancer fighting benefits of mushrooms have been cell culture and animal studies designed to test specific mushroom extracts. Few studies of dietary consumption of whole mushrooms have been done, but those that have been conducted suggest that adding mushrooms to one's diet can reduce breast cancer risk.

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Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer

Overall, the results of this study suggest that adding mushrooms to one's diet might reduce the risk of hormone receptor positive breast cancer in premenopausal women. While this study confirms the benefits of dietary mushrooms for breast health, previous studies have shown slightly different benefits.

A previous study of Korean women indicated that dietary mushroom intake might reduce breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women, but not premenopausal women. In contrast to these two studies, a breast cancer study in Chinese women reported that consuming mushrooms on a regular basis reduced breast cancer risk in both premenopausal and postmenopausal women. The differences in results from these studies could be due to many factors, but the overall message suggests that adding mushrooms to one's diet might help reduce breast cancer risk.