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High adherence to the Mediterranean diet, DASH diet, and MIND diet reduces the likelihood of breast cancer by up to 76%.
A new case–control study highlights the potential role of healthy dietary patterns in lowering the risk of breast cancer, one of the key causes of cancer-linked morbidity and mortality among females worldwide.
The hospital-based study, published in the International Journal of Breast Cancer, included 106 histopathologically confirmed breast cancer cases and 107 age-matched controls. Dietary intake was assessed via a validated 147-item food frequency questionnaire. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, and Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet was quantified and categorized into tertiles. Multivariable logistic regression models adjusted for key confounders, including age, body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio, physical activity, education, employment, and family history of cancer.
Women with the highest adherence to healthy diet patterns exhibited substantially lower odds of breast cancer:
All associations were statistically significant, indicating a strong inverse relationship between diet quality and breast cancer risk. Stratified analysis by menopausal status illustrated no pivotal association in either premenopausal or postmenopausal women, suggesting that the protective effect of these dietary patterns may be independent of menopause.
Hence, greater adherence to Mediterranean, DASH, and MIND diets was associated with reduced odds of breast cancer in Iranian women, reinforcing the value of healthy eating patterns as a preventive approach in oncology and public health.
International Journal of Breast Cancer
The Association Between Adherence to Mediterranean, DASH, and MIND Diets and the Risk of Breast Cancer: A Case–Control Study in Iranian Women
Farnush Bakhshimoghaddam et al.
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