Women who consume even small portions of red meat may often face the risk of developing breast cancer, recent research.
Researchers in the U.S. found that young women who regularly ate 4.5 oz of red meat per day had twice the risk of developing breast cancer compared with those who ate it infrequently.
The new study by researchers at Sheffield University found that eating only 2 ounces of beef, pork or lamb each day can increase the risk of contracting the disease by 56 percent in older, postmenopausal women.
Eating larger amounts of processed meats such as sausages, bacon, ham and pies, pushed the risk to 64 percent for the same group, the study, which appeared in the latest issue of British Journal of Cancer, found.
Professor Janet Cade, of nutritional epidemiology and public health, studied 35,000 women aged 35 to 69 over eight years.
At the start of the trial were asked to complete a questionnaire of 217 food item which is divided into three groups - high, medium or low meat eaters.
They were compared with women in the sample who ate no meat. The researchers also took into account smoking, weight, consumption of fruits and vegetables.
Cade said he was surprised that such a small amount of meat seems to have a big effect.
Researchers in the U.S. found that young women who regularly ate 4.5 oz of red meat per day had twice the risk of developing breast cancer compared with those who ate it infrequently.
The new study by researchers at Sheffield University found that eating only 2 ounces of beef, pork or lamb each day can increase the risk of contracting the disease by 56 percent in older, postmenopausal women.
Eating larger amounts of processed meats such as sausages, bacon, ham and pies, pushed the risk to 64 percent for the same group, the study, which appeared in the latest issue of British Journal of Cancer, found.
Professor Janet Cade, of nutritional epidemiology and public health, studied 35,000 women aged 35 to 69 over eight years.
At the start of the trial were asked to complete a questionnaire of 217 food item which is divided into three groups - high, medium or low meat eaters.
They were compared with women in the sample who ate no meat. The researchers also took into account smoking, weight, consumption of fruits and vegetables.
Cade said he was surprised that such a small amount of meat seems to have a big effect.
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