British researchers found that for older women, eating cured sausage, ham and other meat products, the higher the risk of breast cancer.
Researchers at the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom analyzed 260,000 middle-aged women and found that men who had menopause had on average more than 9 grams of marinated meat per day (two sausages or two ham per week) Women who eat these foods are up to one in five, and the study also shows that women who have breast-cancer less often eat 15% more of their breast cancer than those who do not eat it at all.
In combination with 10 studies that previously involved more than 40,000 breast cancer cases and 1.7 million women, researchers at the University of Glasgow pointed out that consumption of preserved meat foods, even after taking into account factors such as weight, smoking, alcoholism and diet, still left postmenopausal women The risk of breast cancer increased by 10% .The researchers pointed out that although the data used in this study is inadequate, but the consumption of marinated meat products cause increased risk of breast cancer can not be questioned.Related research report published in the "European Journal of Cancer" .
