Canola oil consumed during pregnancy lowers breast cancer risk for offspring
Women whose mothers consumed canola oil while pregnancy and breast-feeding may be deficient given to to foster breast cancer than those whose mothers consumed corn oil, a new study suggests.
Researchers fed pregnant and lactating mice a diet gigantic in either corn oil, which contains 50 percent omega-6 polyunsaturated fats, or canola oil, which contains only 20 percent omega-6 polyunsaturated fats. Canola oil to boot has a lots greater percentage of omega-3 polyunsaturated fat -- 10 percent compared with 0.5 percent in corn oil.
The study, expected to be presented Tuesday at the American Association for Cancer Research's annual conference, establish that pregnant and lactating mice fed the corn oil diet gave birth to females with a greater risk of developing breast tumors than those who ate the diet higher in canola oil.
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