Walnuts reduce the risk of breast cancer by up to 50%

Walnuts reduce the risk of breast cancer by up to 50%

By adding walnuts to the diet of mice, US researchers have found that this nutrient significantly reduces the risk of breast cancer.

Ellen Hardman of the University of Marshall found in a study of mice that the risk of breast cancer was reduced by up to 50 percent in mice fed a diet containing walnuts.

According to the study, published in the journal Nutrition and Cancer, even mice fed a diet high in walnuts had fewer, smaller tumors if they developed breast cancer.

In fact, walnuts alter the activity of genes associated with breast cancer in mice and humans, Hardman said.

The omega-3s in walnuts are not the only anti-cancer properties of this food, but the vitamin E in it also plays an important role in this regard, he added.