Essential nutrient found in eggs reduces risk of breast cancer b...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Wed, 04/02/2008 - 23:00

Choline, an essential nutrient found in foods such as eggs, is associated with a 24 percent reduced risk of breast cancer, according to a study supported by a grant from the US National Institutes of Health, to be published in The FASEB Journal's print issue in June.

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