Do your best to educate her regarding the importance of good food and good nutrition, especially in regards to the need for calcium. Young women need to appreciate that the first 35 years of life is the critical period during which the bones gain more mass than they lose. I am writing a paper on breast cancer awareness, and I would like your commentary on the potential role of dietary fats and oils in the risk of breast cancer. It is difficult to point to this one nutritional component as being the defining element in the assessment of risk. I just attended a conference on the health effects of fats, put on by the American Heart Association and co-sponsored by Oldways Preservation and Exchange Trust, and the scientists in attendance came to a similar conclusion.
Saturated fats are a mixed bag, and some are worse than others.
While I do not encourage their intake, there is no need to get frantic about their presence if you have a good intake of greens, fruits and fiber. Send questions to him by clicking here.