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Response to a diet low in total fat in women with postmenopausal breast cancer: a pilot study
A P Boyar1, D P Rose, J R Loughridge
1Mahoney Institute for Health Maintenance, American Health Foundation, New York, NY 10017.
Nutrition and Cancer
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
A feasibility study was instituted to determine if women with postmenopausal breast cancer would follow a low-fat diet (20% of kcal) for at least four months. Nineteen women, whose baseline food intake was 1,504 +/- 420 kcal with 56 +/- 16 g of fat, reported a decrease in fat intake to 21 +/- 6 g after two months of dietary intervention. Serum concentrations of cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and estradiol were significantly reduced by the fifth month on the diet. We conclude that self-selected patients can adhere to a low-fat diet, and that serum cholesterol may serve as an indicator of dietary compliance.