New discovery about the best bread to reduce cancer risk

In a new study published in the research journal Current Developments in Nutrition, international scientists investigated whether bread consumption increases the risk of cancer, and what type of bread is best to consume to reduce cancer risk.

Bread is one of the most widely consumed foods in the world . It is a nutritious food, but some types also have a high glycemic index, according to News Medical .

Scientists from Arizona State University School of Medicine, University of Virginia, St. Catherine University, Minneapolis (USA), in collaboration with Bristol University School of Medicine (UK) studied whether bread consumption is related to cancer risk.

Bread is one of the most consumed foods worldwide - PHOTO: PEXELS

They searched the MEDLINE databases—the flagship database of the US National Library of Medicine—and PubMed—the database maintained by the US National Library of Medicine at the US National Institutes of Health —to retrieve research information.

From there, the authors conducted a meta-analysis of 24 studies, including more than 1.88 million participants, comparing the highest bread consumption with the lowest bread consumption.

Researchers found that consuming a lot of bread did not increase the risk of cancer.

In particular, the results also found that people who consumed the most black bread had a 21% lower cancer mortality rate than the group that consumed the least, according to News Medical.

Consuming whole-wheat bread may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer and the risk of death from cancer in general - PHOTO: PEXELS

At the same time, eating an extra slice of whole-grain rye bread, black bread or whole-grain bread every day helps reduce the risk of colorectal cancer by 4-12%.

The results also showed that consuming the most high-fiber bread reduced the risk of breast cancer by 25%.

Additional analyses also confirmed that consuming wholemeal or dark bread reduced overall cancer mortality by 10%.

Some results also show that consuming a lot of brown bread, high-fiber bread, whole grain bread or whole wheat bread also helps reduce the rate of cancer by 14%.

The authors concluded that high bread consumption did not increase cancer incidence or premature mortality. Notably, whole-wheat bread consumption was associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer and overall cancer mortality.

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