2019-09-01 Forks Over Knives

THE FEED

A long-term study has shown that

postmenopausal women who eat less fat

and more fruits, veggies, and whole

grains may increase their chances of

surviving breast cancer.

The study analyzed data from the

Women’s Health Initiative, a clinical

trial involving nearly 49,000 women.

Some women followed a low-fat, plant-

packed diet for eight years; the rest

made no dietary changes. None had a

history of breast cancer.

Two decades after the trial began,

women in the low-fat group who

developed breast cancer had a

21 percent lower risk of dying from

the disease than those in the control

group—and a 15 percent lower risk of

dying from any cause.

“After nearly 20 years of follow-up, the

health benefits are still accruing," says

lead study author Rowan Chlebowski,

MD, PhD, FASCO, of the Los Angeles

Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-

UCLA Medical Center. —Tami Fertig

Hospital

FOOD

Breakthrough

In June 2019 , the

New York State

Legislature passed a

landmark bill

requiring hospitals

and residential care

facilities statewide

to make plant-based

menu options

available for every

meal and snack.

California passed a

similar law last year.

A report from

St. Joseph Health in

Sonoma County,

California, projects

that serving more

meat-free meals

could save the

system $5,000 a

year, noting that

“vegetarian entrées

cost about

50 percent less than

meat entrées.”

Ours is

the first

randomized,

controlled

trial to

prove that

a healthy

diet can

reduce the

risk of

death from

breast

cancer.

—Dr. Rowan

Chlebowski

BREAST CANCER IS THE SECOND-LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATH

IN WOMEN. ONLY LUNG CANCER KILLS MORE WOMEN EACH YEAR.

Source: American Cancer Society

Plants

(^)
Breast
Cancer

FACT

Photography by Jason Donnelly

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