Is Your High-Fat Diet Fueling Breast Cancer? - AI Podcast

Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health

Briana Mercola

Health & Fitness, Health, Alternative Health

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Eating a high-fat diet (defined as 60% of daily calories) significantly increases your risk of developing breast cancer and accelerates the disease's spread throughout your body
High-fat foods activate your platelets, making them overly sticky, which helps cancer cells attach and grow rapidly in vital organs like your lungs
Unhealthy fats, commonly found in processed foods and fast food, trigger harmful inflammation and hormonal imbalances that directly fuel breast cancer
Making simple dietary shifts, such as cutting down on processed foods and vegetable oils, dramatically reduces your breast cancer risk and supports healthier cell function
Regularly choosing whole, nutrient-dense foods and healthy carbohydrates helps your body lower inflammation, balance hormones, and create an environment less conducive to cancer growth

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dr. Mercola's cellular wisdom. Stay informed with quick, easy-to-listen
0:06.1	summaries of our latest articles, perfect for when you're on the go. No reading required. Subscribe
0:11.2	for free at Mercola.com for the latest health insights.
0:15.5	When you lean on drive-through dinners or snack on fried chips, are you simply feeding
0:19.9	cravings or quietly tilting your
0:22.2	odds toward breast cancer? Hello and welcome to Dr. Mercola's cellular wisdom. I'm Ethan
0:28.2	Foster, joined by Alara Sky, and together we're unpacking why a 60% fat diet accelerates
0:35.0	tumor spread and what you can do to change that, starting today.
0:39.9	Thanks, Ethan. High fat eating isn't just a minor risk factor. Research shows it's a direct
0:45.0	trigger that makes breast cancer form faster and migrate into your lungs. We'll break down how
0:50.1	sticky platelets and inflammatory fats create the perfect storm, then give you step-by-step
0:55.0	food strategies to reverse course.
0:57.3	Let's frame the 60% mark. If 3,000 calories sounds average for your busy day, 60% fat means
1:04.3	1,800 calories, or 200 grams of fat, about what you'd hit with a breakfast croissant sandwich, a fried chicken
1:12.9	lunch, and a pizza dinner.
1:15.2	That's the level researchers used to test cancer progression in mice.
1:18.9	Under that load, platelets, your clotting cells, misfire.
1:22.9	Instead of circulating quietly, they clump aggressively in lung tissue and release fibronectin, a sticky
1:28.6	protein acting like industrial glue, letting cancer cells dock on vessel walls and multiply
1:34.2	before your immune defenders arrive.
1:36.7	Blocking fibro-nectin in the lab slowed metastasis sharply. And here's the striking takeaway.
1:42.7	Moving mice back to a balanced diet, lowered platelet activity within
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