Fruits, veggies tied to lower breast cancer risk higher levels of carotenoids (nutrients found in fruits and vegetables)

Women now have one more reason to eat their fruits and veggies.

 

A new study suggests that women with higher levels of carotenoids (nutrients found in fruits and vegetables) have a lower risk of breast cancer — especially cancers that are harder to treat and have a poorer prognosis. When researchers from Harvard Medical School pooled the results of studies that measured carotenoid levels in women’s blood, they found that those with the highest levels had a lower risk of

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