Eating Habits and Breast Health

Food you consume can affect your set in surprising ways.

Yo-yo dieting leaves them less firm.

Falling into a cycle of losing weight, gaining it back, and losing it again stretches the connective tissue in your pair, making them looser. (As little as 10 pounds can be enough for sag to set in).

Caffeine makes them ache.

Experts aren't exactly sure why, but caffeine-rich foods and beverages contribute to PMS-induced breast tenderness. Cutting back on chocolate, coffee, cola, and tea during your preperiod week will help ease the discomfort.

Two drinks a day raise your odds for breast cancer.

Two beers, glasses of wine, or shots daily make you one-and-a-half times more likely to develop the disease.

Fat intake is also a cancer factor.

Premenopausal women who consume animal fat, mainly from red meat and dairy products, have an increased risk of breast cancer.

Source: Los Angeles OB-GYN Eldridge Pearsall

- from Cosmopolitan Magazine, March 2008