Link between breast cancer and dietary fat discovered in new study

Combined results from 45 different studies suggest there is a relationship between breast cancer and dietary fat that is independent of previous findings linked to obesity and high calorie consumption. The analysis, which included 25,000 breast cancer patients and over 580,000 healthy women worldwide, found that women who ate high amounts of saturated fat were, on average, 20% more likely to develop breast cancer than low consumers of fat. Large amounts of monounsaturated fats increased risk by about 10%, while overall fat consumption was related to an increase of 13%. Researchers als...