Breast Cancer Prevention, Vitamin E and Olive Oil

Vitamin E

Vitamin E is another substance has also been shown to thin the blood and also may be preventative against breast cancer. Vitamin E is an antagonist of vitamin K, meaning too much vitamin E can cause a vitamin K deficiency and bleeding problems.

Studies linking vitamin E to reduced breast cancer risk include:

• Research from Malaysia found that, "The vitamin E component of palm oil provides a rich source of tocotrienols which have been shown previously to be growth inhibitory to two human breast cancer cell lines."
  
  
• Researchers at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine found that, "Vitamin E succinate (VES) inhibits the growth of breast cancer cells in vitro and in vivo."

Recommended Link: Cancer: Project: Food Sources of Vitamin E

Olive Oil

Olive oil is yet another substance that has also been shown to thin the blood and be preventative against breast cancer.

Studies linking olive oil to decreased blood coagulation factors:

• Effects of diets containing olive oil, sunflower oil, or rapeseed oil on the hemostatic system. Researchers noted that on an olive oil diet, a reduction of coagulation factors VIIc, XIIc, XIIa, and Xc was found.
  
  
• A study in Denmark found olive oil to be antithrombotic.

Papers noting olive oil is protective against breast cancer include:

• Nutrition and female breast tumors
  
  
• Mediterranean diet and health: biological importance of olive oil.

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