A Mediterranean diet can reduce the risk of a deadly form of breast cancer by 40 per cent, a large study has found.
Scientists monitored more than 62,000 women over a period of 20 years to see how their breast cancer risk was affected by what they ate.
Those who adhered most closely to a Mediterranean diet rich in plant protein, fish and olive oil were 40 per cent less likely to develop ER-negative breast cancer than women who adopted the diet the least.
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