Reducing Intake Of Dietary Fat Prevents Prostate Cancer In Mice

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Fri, 05/16/2008 - 15:30

Scientists have showed that lowering intake of the type of fat common in a Western diet helps prevent prostate cancer in mice, the first finding of its kind in a mouse model that closely mimics human cancer, researchers said.

The study focused on fat from corn oil, which is made up primarily of omega-6 fatty acids, or the polyunsaturated fat commonly found in the Western diet.

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