It is great to have our recommendations backed by scientific research. We have always known the benefits of low fat and high fiber diet, this latest research is like a cherry on the top.

A team led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre, US has identified several women’s health benefits from a low-fat diet. The article was published in the Journal of Nutrition in September 2019.

This research was conducted on 49,000 postmenopausal women across the U.S. to test whether a low-fat dietary pattern would reduce the risk of breast and colorectal cancers and coronary heart disease. Dr. Ross Prentice, a member of the Cancer Prevention and Bio-statistics programs at Fred Hutch and his colleagues in the Women’s Health Initiative originally launched the Dietary Modification Trial in 1993.

After nearly nine years of dietary change, they found that the low-fat diet did not significantly impact outcomes for these conditions. However, after longer-term follow-up of nearly 20 years, researchers found significant benefits, derived from modest dietary changes emerged and persisted including:

  • A 15-35% reduction in deaths from all-causes following breast cancer
  • A 13-25% reduction in insulin-dependent diabetes
  • A 15-30% reduction in coronary heart disease among 23,000 women without baseline hypertension or prior cardiovascular disease

According to Dr. Ross Prentice,“The latest results support the role of nutrition in overall health, and indicate that low-fat diets rich in fruits, vegetables and grains have health benefits without any observed adverse effects.”

This long term randomised controlled clinical trial helped participants made intentional dietary changes resulting from learned integrated concepts about nutrition and behaviour, taught by trained nutritionists during the first year and reinforced quarterly for nearly a decade, which helped to limit bias and establish causal conclusions.

Dr. Garnet Anderson, a co-author of the study and senior vice president and director of Fred Hutch’s Public Health Sciences Division. She also serves as principal investigator of the Fred Hutch-based WHI Clinical Coordinating Centre. “While there are many diets that provide short-term benefits like weight loss, this study scientifically validates the long-term health effects of a low-fat diet.”

As a dietitian these studies help us reiterate the benefit of healthy diets and not following or falling in the latest fad diet trends. 

Story Source:

Materials provided by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre. Note: Content may be edited for style and length.

Journal Reference:

Ross L Prentice, Aaron K Aragaki, Barbara V Howard, Rowan T Chlebowski, Cynthia A Thomson, Linda Van Horn, Lesley F Tinker, JoAnn E Manson, Garnet L Anderson, Lewis E Kuller, Marian L Neuhouser, Karen C Johnson, Linda Snetselaar, Jacques E Rossouw.

Low-Fat Dietary Pattern among Postmenopausal Women Influences Long-Term Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, and Diabetes Outcomes.

The Journal of Nutrition, 2019; 149 (9): 1565 DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxz107


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