Reducing the risk of diabetes reduces the risk of cancer
Recent studies have shown that dietary restrictions in type 2 diabetes patients after cancer diagnosis reduce both the development of breast cancer and the risk of death from breast cancer.
Prof. Dr. Serdar Turhal, Medical Oncology Specialist at Anadolu Medical Center, said, “In this study, cancer patients were recommended diets to restrict sugar in type 2 diabetes patients, and this study was overseen by Harvard Medical School because of type 2 diabetes poses a risk factor for breast cancer and the possibility of developing type 2 diabetes after breast cancer is also high. said.
The diet of the patients was monitored every 2-4 years.
The medical oncology specialist Prof. Dr. Serdar Turhal stated that 8,000,320 breast cancer patients were examined in this study: “Patients completed dietary questionnaires every 2 to 4 years, and the researchers evaluated information about the progression of breast cancer in people who followed up on a diabetic diet Watch out for breast cancer, and those who don’t, and the incidence of breast cancer in those who are not diagnosed with breast cancer. . Diabetes-compatible diets include eating more bran, consuming coffee, nuts, fresh vegetables and fruits, consuming less saturated fat, consuming less red meat, drinking fewer diet beverages, and drinking fewer fruit juices.
Prof. Dr. Serdar Turhal stated that this type of diet has been shown to reduce the development of diabetes in the general population by 40 percent: “This study looked at the effect on cancer. “People at the highest risk of diabetes are those who receive hormone therapy in the post-menopausal period and are less physically active.
A diabetes-reducing diet reduces the risk of death from breast cancer by 13 percent.
Prof. Dr. Serdar Turhal said 13,000 2 of the patients followed up in a 146-year follow-up in the study died: “While 948 of these patients died from breast cancer; The risk of death from breast cancer was reduced by 13 percent in those following a diet that lowers the risk of diabetes, and a 31 percent reduction was achieved in all causes of death. “Those who make such dietary changes after being diagnosed with breast cancer have decreased their breast cancer risk by 20 percent and the risk of all deaths by 14 percent.”
