Lengthy article on the Mediterrarean diet

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Gulffritallary - 17 Nov 2003 17:35 GMT

Very lengthy article on the Mediterrarean diet, specifically on the Isle of
Crete. Apparently, they eat a lot of purslane - I've never seen this available
in any grocery in Texas at least.

http://www.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/131/11/3065S

From the article:

Studies in cell lines and animals appear to support the epidemiologic evidence
concerning the protective role of a ratio of (n-6) to (n-3) of < 2:1 against
the development of mammary cancer and to provide evidence that (n-3) fatty
acids could have the potential to be used as an adjuvant therapy to prevent
recurrence and metastases of mammary cancer (59 ).

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A man - 17 Nov 2003 21:18 GMT

It grows wild all over here in the midwest. It's considered a
weed.

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Kaye301 - 18 Nov 2003 15:07 GMT

Gulffritallary wrote << Very lengthy article on the Mediterrarean diet,
specifically on the Isle of
Crete. Apparently, they eat a lot of purslane - I've never seen this available
in any grocery in Texas at least.

Thanks for sharing. I never heard of purslane before. I did a google search
on purslane and "breast cancer" and found at least 11 pages on it. One common
theme amongst some of the articles I checked out was what one literally
stated--that purslane along with Omega 3 fatty acides may help prevent breast
cancer. None of them--at least the ones I checked out--had any mention of
whether or not it/they would be helpful for someone who already has breast
cancer. There may be some there, however, since I only looked at a few.

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