Re: Low fat diets and breast cancer

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Jim Chinnis wrote:
"runnswim@xxxxxxx (Larry Weisenthal)" <runnswim@xxxxxxx> wrote in part:


Nothing but nothing has ever achieved results like that before. Not
chemotherapy. Not radiotherapy.


Have there been any tests of weight-loss diets?

It's not clear to me if it is the % fat in the diet or the fact that the
study ended up comparing people who lost weight with people who didn't.
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA jchinnis@xxxxxxxxxxxx

The Harvard nurses study showed that the highest starch eaters (like the study of Mexican women) had the most breast cancer and the highest fat consumers had the least.

Susan
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