date:Sep 19, 2012
A high-fat diet early in life may increase a womans risk of developing breast cancer, according to a new research.
Researchers from the University of California at Davis found that a diet linked to obesity and harmful metabolic changes stimulated early breast growth and led to abnormal tissues in the breast that may produce breast cancer.
Scientists fed newly weaned mice a diet containing a fatty acid called 10,12 CLA which can trigger metabolic syndrome, a condition linked to obesity, diabet