What you eat can lower your risk of developing ovarian cancer, says diet and disease prevention specialist Dr. William Li. To learn which foods are best for preventing ovarian cancer, watch this video.
Well, research has been showing that there are substances, natural substances found in many foods, in fact, some common foods that we eat that can actually impact on the risk of cancer in general and ovarian cancer specifically. And some of those foods are, like, fish, particularly fish with Omega-3 fatty acids, there have have been studies in Europe that have actually shown a rather substantial up to 75% reduction in the risk of ovarian cancer by eating fish, but also some vegetables. So vegetables that are green leafy vegetables and including members of the lettuce family and chicory family like endive, most of the studies are coming out of Europe where these types of vegetables are much more commonly eaten than in the United States.
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