Note , this intake is important for every Breast Cancer Survivor

Note , this intake is important for every Breast Cancer Survivor

After successfully cured of cancer , especially breast cancer , a person can not live in peace with it because the risk of relapse can still be approached . Lucky survival rate of cancer survivors can be helped by very clever to choose the intake .

" Even diet can not only prevent a woman from breast cancer but also the recurrence of the disease , " said Dr. . Alison Estabrook , chief of breast surgery division of St . Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center , New York and director of the Comprehensive Breast Center .

Although not all the cancer specialists agreed with the benefits of specific nutrients on the survival rate of cancer patients , but nutrition experts say there are a number of foods that can be incorporated into the diet of cancer patients to improve their survival . Check out his presentation as reported by CNN , Tuesday ( 22/10/2013 ) following .

1 . soybean
Dr. . Barry Boyd , founder of the integrative medicine program at Greenwich Hospital - Yale Health Systems said women should not need to be afraid to eat soy . " It used to worry about some sort of estrogen soy contains compounds that can affect the growth of breast cancer cells . , But science never proves the existence of a risk , it benefits , " said Boyd .

Boyd pointed to one study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that looked at soy intake in 9,500 women in the U.S. and China after breast cancer diagnosis . It turns out that frequent consumption of isoflavones found in soybeans are proven to reduce the risk of recurrence of breast cancer significantly , especially in invasive breast cancer survivor .

A study released this year by the Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention also showed similar findings , but with more participants is 11,000 breast cancer patients . The result , the researchers concluded eating soy after diagnosis is related to a reduced risk of death and recurrence of disease .

But the American Cancer Society recommends that women cancer patients only eat soy in moderation , and not taking pills , powders or supplements containing soy , especially that containing high doses of isoflavones