Leicester_H Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Not sure which experts say this but apparently .... "Women who eat six eggs a week cut their risk of breast cancer by 40%. Sphingolipids, substances that interfere with cancer-cell growth, are believed to be the magic ingredient. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Good news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 ooh that is great news, because I eat an egg for my lunch most days during the week and usually eat something with eggs in it over the weekend too. Two of the the children also have an egg every morning for breakfast, so we should have super immunity with that and all the fruit and veg that I make sure they eat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyren Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Excellent news! I lost my mum to breast cancer, so I'm probably at higher risk than average I eat at least six eggs a week - admittedly bantam eggs, but I'm guessing the sphingolipids are in the yolk (the white is nearly all protein), and bantam egg yolks are nearly as big as the regular kind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Excellent news! I lost my mum to breast cancer, so I'm probably at higher risk than average Me too Eyren Just had my two for tea! If I eat twice that amount per week, will I cut my chances by 80%? Or just get fatter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomalexi Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Sorry to put a damper on things but where's this quote from, the Lancet or the Daily Mail?! I hope it's true but I'm come across so many false health stories in my career that I've become just a bit cynical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilda-and-evadne Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Not sure which experts say this but apparently .... "Women who eat six eggs a week cut their risk of breast cancer by 40%. Sphingolipids, substances that interfere with cancer-cell growth, are believed to be the magic ingredient. " Um, I am a survivor of breast cancer (since 1991), and I have never heard this before. In all the stuff I have read or been advised about, nothing about eggs affording protection against breast cancer. From a very quick Google, it seems possible that Sphingolipids protect the chicken itself. One's best protection is, it seems, a varied diet with lots of fruit and vegetables (especially those like broccoli and orange-coloured fruit that are said to mop up "free radicals"), alcohol only in moderation and ensure that you get enough vitamin D all year round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAB Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Hi Rachel - great to hear from a cancer survivor. My mum is one too as are a couple of my friends. Keep on keeping on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilda-and-evadne Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 Hi Rachel - great to hear from a cancer survivor. My mum is one too as are a couple of my friends. Keep on keeping on! Hi SAB - thank you. I know two other breast cancer survivors, and we are all three keeping on keeping on. One of them is MUCH fitter than me: she cycled to Santiago di Compostela (in Spain) last year, and around the North Sea the year before. Although she is about 15 years older than I am, she is so slim she looks ageless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...