Food is one of the important factors that determine the risk of disease a person has. A new study found that the consumption of peanut butter since adolescence may reduce the risk of breast tumors in adulthood .
Breast tumors are non - cancerous lumps in breast tissue . Nevertheless, experts agree that breast tumors is one of the risk factors of breast cancer .
In a study published in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment , the researchers involved 9,000 women aged 9 to 15 years . Participants monitored their progress from 1996 to 2010 , which is when they have become young adult women .
The researchers found that participants who regularly ate peanut butter had a 39 percent lower risk for developing breast tumors .
Dr. Graham Colditz , a senior researcher and director of cancer prevention and control at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes - Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine , said the results of this study gives new hope to help prevent breast cancer .
Breast tumors , said Colditz , fairly common and is a risk factor of breast cancer . Before menopause , nearly one in four women experience breast tumor which was confirmed by biopsy .
" It is clearly a strong correlation between the tumor and the risk of breast cancer . Tumors may increase the risk of breast cancer by a third , " he said .
Researchers studied participants in the study long enough period of time . In addition to measuring the risk of tumors , researchers also asked the participants to fill out questionnaires about their daily diet .
Researchers also focus on protein and fat from vegetables , including peanut butter , peanut skin , or other nuts , and corn . According to them , the daily servings of these foods are associated with a reduced risk of 68 percent of breast tumors , as well as three servings per week associated with 39 risk .
Nevertheless, the researchers say , the relationship between the consumption of these foods and the risk of breast tumors is not a causal relationship .
"The message that can be taken is better peanut butter dish chosen by young women as more healthful than cookies , " said Colditz .
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