New Evidence Challenges Old Notions About Diet And Survivorship

Still think they have any idea of what a "healthy" food is?

"New evidence is shifting traditional approaches to treating and caring for cancer survivors, according to experts at a major conference on nutrition, physical activity and cancer. Researchers, dietitians and policy makers gathered today in Washington to hear about the latest progress in the study of diet's role in survivorship...

Do soy foods help or hinder recurrence of breast cancer? AICR grantee Stephen Barnes, PhD, of the University of Alabama in Birmingham referred to the large body of often-conflicting evidence from animal studies, clinical trials and studies of large populations in Asia and Western countries.

Dr. Barnes noted that eating soyfoods doesn't seem to offer much protection from breast cancer among healthy post-menopausal women...

...women who increased fruit and vegetables in their diets after breast cancer diagnosis did not generally reduce their cancer recurrence or mortality risk."

Well, they don't.