Milk, Greens and Ovarian Cancer Survival
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From  By Michael Greger, M.D. (Published September 2003)

Ovarian cancer is a major cause of cancer mortality in women. A study just released this last month, though, showed that there were two things that could significantly improve the survival of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer: vegetables, especially cruciferous vegetables (kale, collards, broccoli, cabbage, etc) and vitamin E in foods (nuts, seeds, beans, greens).

The one thing that seemed to worsen survival was dairy. Those who consumed lots of dairy seems to carry about a 30% excess risk of early death – and the problem seemed to come from the milk sugar, lactose, and not the milk fat, so even nonfat dairy seemed to worsen the survival of those with ovarian cancer.

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