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Eating carrots can cut the risk of hard-to-treat types of breast cancer by up to 60 per cent, research has shown. The Bugs Bunny therapy relies on the orange pigment carotene which is abundant in carrots and also found in other colourful and dark green vegetables, including red peppers and spinach. An international team of scientists discovered the link after comparing the diets of 3,000 European women with and without breast cancer. Women with the largest consumption of foods rich in carotene, such as carrots and peppers, were between 40 per cent and 60 per cent less likely to develop non-hormone sensitive breast cancers than those who ate the least. So-called "oestrogen receptor negative" breast cancer accounts for around one in three cases of the disease. It is often harder to treat than more common forms of breast cancer that are stimulated by the female hormone oestrogen. Two subtypes of carotene – beta carotene and alpha carotene – both had a beneficial effect, the study found. The biggest reduction in breast cancer risk was from alpha carotene. Separate analysis showed that vitamin C appeared to protect women against oestrogen and progesterone-sensitive breast...

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