Are many different studies that have shown with empirical evidence the close correlation between diet and cancer, explaining very clearly what are the eating habits for reduce and prevent the risk of tumors.

Among the many we mention the book of Cesare Gridelli, world-renowned physician, indicated in 2013 by the Californian as Expertscape the best oncologist in the world for the treatment of lung cancer, Director of the Department of Regional Hospital onco-hematology “San Giuseppe Moscati,” Avellino and chairman of thoracic oncology Italian Association. “In the kitchen against cancer,” he explains what the correct eating habits to decrease the risk of getting cancer.

On the other hand The Foundation Umberto Veronesi, has always been committed to the defense of the Mediterranean diet as a good food habit, he has published several articles to that effect.

Of course we now know that, thanks to the many scientific studies published on the subject, extra virgin olive oil is considered the prince of seasoning a healthy diet.

Today, however, the real news is another. According to a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Chicago on women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, The extra virgin olive oil helps improve the effectiveness of therapies, thereby preventing the triggering of drug resistance of the organism.

The Oleic acid, of which the extra virgin olive oil is rich, in fact, it would lower by 46% the levels of the gene Her-2 / neu, a major oncogenes cause of breast cancer, at the same time stimulating the functioning of the drug “Herceptin” that targets precisely this oncogene . Studies of the American University of Chicago researchers have also found that oleic acid stimulates the activity of a gene that acts as a natural brake on the growth of the tumor, producing the p27Kip1 protein. This molecule is also important because it prevents the woman undergoing chemotherapy to become resistant all’Herceptin. Oleic acid, therefore, acts on several fronts in the women’s health protection.