According to a new study that has been published in the International Journal of Cancer on Monday suggest that taking a Mediterranean diet could help to reduce the risk of having the worst type of breast cancer by 40 percent. It is said to be a better at lowering cholesterol over statins and has the capacity to prevent dementia as well as coronary illness.

According to The Guardian, Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the UK that has more than 53,000 new cases every year, and around 11,400 women died every year because of it. The researchers have found a solid connection between the Mediterranean diet and decrease estrogen- receptor-negative breast cancer risk among those who experienced postmenopausal women.

A typical Mediterranean diet includes a high intake of proteins like nuts, lentils, beans, whole grains, fish, and healthy monounsaturated fats like olive oil. Traditionally alcohol is also a part of the Mediterranean diet, but because of its connections to breast cancer, alcohol was excluded from the study.

However, Mail Online reported that a Mediterranean diet had only a weak non-significant effect on the risk of delicate hormone estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer. The study said that with breast cancer that is being so common in the UK, prevention is the only key to reduced the chance of developing the said disease to every woman.

The researcher's findings concluded that if every woman ate the highest characterized of Mediterranean diet will have around a 32.4 percent of ER-negative breast cancer cases and 2.3 percent of all breast cancer cases could be refrained. The study specialist, Prof. Piet van sanctum Brandt of Maastricht University in Netherlands stated that their research can give a light on how dietary guide can influence the cancer risk. Mediterranean diet is not actually a weight-loss regime and not even a prescriptive diet but rather a pattern of eating for a healthy lifestyle.

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