Yemen – Nut inhibits growth of breast cancer

Scientists from the American Marshall University have discovered that eating a handful of nuts a day helps alter gene expression and slow the growth of breast cancer.

"Eating nuts can play the role of a factor that can inhibit the growth and development of breast cancer," said Dr. Ellen Hardman, research director at Marshall University, in an article from Nutrition Research. Two weeks leading to a change in gene expression during the diagnosis of breast cancer. "

After successful experiments on laboratory mice, the researchers called a number of women diagnosed with breast cancer. The researchers divided the women into two groups.

Women in the first group ate 57 grams of nuts a day for two weeks. At the end of this period, the analysis showed that the programmed death process of cancer cells had begun, as had the degradation of signaling pathways promoting the migration of tumor cells into the body.

The researchers concluded that the daily consumption of nuts "can inhibit the growth and development of breast cancer and reduce the risk of infection and the possibility of recurrence".