I agree that the vegs and fruits with low fat is the key to generalized health as well as breast health. Certainly the WINS study supports a low fat diet for those who are hormonal negative. I also think that the type of oil we have in our diet as her+ should include olive oil. If you are a fish lover, omega 6 is great the heart as well imflammatory processes like her2. As far as sugar goes, too much of it unfortuately turns into fat and increases the IGR as Becky mentioned which may be a bad thing for a lot of us Her2+
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HMM...Cocoa is something to enjoy. And
cocoa<sup> </sup>flavanols and procyanidins may modulate inflammation.<sup> </sup>For example, there is emerging evidence that flavanols and procyanidins<sup> </sup>can suppress the production of the proinflammatory cytokines , enhance the production of the antiinflammatory<sup> </sup>cytokine IL-4 and positively modulate transforming growth factor-ß<sub>1</sub><sup> </sup>and tumor necrosis factor-
concentrations .