A large study of middle-age women with a wide range of fat in their diet shows that eating a high-fat diet raises the risk of developing invasive breast cancer, according to a Reuters Health article.

The findings, reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, stem from the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study, in which 188,736 postmenopausal women reported detailed information on their diet in the mid-1990s.

The news is of special concern for followers of the Atkins Diet, who sometimes can go overboard on the fat. Relax, I'm a low-carber. I'm allowed to say that.

Check out the article and see what you think.

-- Amanda Barrett, amNY.com