The Women's Health Initiative found that a low-fat dietary pattern did not reduce the risk of colorectal cancer in post-menopausal women over 8.1 years.

“in this trial from the Women's Health Initiative they looked at 48 835 post-menopausal women from 50 to 79 years old between the years of 1993 and 1998. what was the intervention they wanted those women to eat less fat achieved by eating less meat especially red meat and fatty red meat along with increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables and Grains by all standards if you suggested to a physician today what might happen in the study they would say all kinds of good things would happen but if you look at the conclusions here on low-fat dietary pattern invention did not reduce the risk of colorectal cancer in post-menopausal woman during 8.1 years of follow-up”