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# Breast Cancer Linked to Eating Red Meat
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/breast_cancer_linked_to_eating_red_meat_0611140558/
- Published: 2014-06-11T18:56:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-13T14:39:52.000Z
- Description: Premenopausal women in the Nurses' Health Study II who ate the most red meat were 22% more likely to develop breast cancer than those eating the least, with each extra daily serving tied to a 13% higher risk.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Food, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

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Eating red meat is linked to breast cancer, according to a new study in the *British Medical Journal*. Premenopausal women participating in Harvard’s Nurses’ Health Study II who consumed the most red meat were 22 percent more likely to develop breast cancer, compared with those who consumed the least. Each additional serving of red meat per day was associated with a 13 percent increased risk in breast cancer.

Farvid MS, Cho E, Chen WY, Eliassen AH, Willett WC. Dietary protein sources in early adulthood and breast cancer incidence: prospective cohort study. *BMJ*. Published online June 10, 2014.