Does Olive Oil Help Prevent Breast Cancer?
食用橄榄油可以预防乳腺癌?
New data out Monday unveiled a potential new reason to worship olive oil:
周一公布的一份新的研究数据揭露了人们青睐橄榄油的原因:
a reduced risk of breast cancer.
能够预防乳腺癌。
Published in the Journal of American Medicine, the study analyzed the incidence of breast cancer in 4,282 women aged 60-80
《美国医学杂志》公布了该项研究成果,该研究以三种特定的饮食结构为依据,对4282名60到80岁女性的饮食结构进行调查,以进一步分析乳腺癌的发病率。
who were kept on one of three specific diets: a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra virgin olive oil, a Mediterranean diet supplemented with nuts, and a low-fat diet.
三种特定的饮食结构分别为:以食用特级初榨橄榄油为主的地中海饮食,以食用坚果为主的地中海饮食,还有低脂饮食。
After a median of five years, the researchers concluded that the 1,476 women on the Mediterranean EVOO diet had a 68 percent less risk of malignant breast cancer than the 1,391 women on the control diet.
经过五年的跟踪调查,研究人员发现:食用特级初榨橄榄油的1476名女性与低脂饮食组里的1391名女性相比,其罹患乳腺癌的风险降低了68%。
The majority of the women, whose average age was 67, had undergone menopause before 55.
受访女性的平均年龄为67岁,而大多数在55岁前就结束了更年期。
Just three percent reported using hormone therapy.
其中,3%的女性则表示更年期间接受过激素治疗。