Go ahead, dig in. It's good for you (Flickr Creative Commons/Denise Krebs).

Benign breast cancer disease is actually very common among women. Benign breast cancer tumors occur when breast cells grow abnormally and rapidly, often forming a lump that most women would associate with breast cancer. Though these lumps may hurt, they are not dangerous and they will not spread past a women's breast. Benign breast cancer disease is noncancerous, but it is a risk factor for breast cancer. 

Researchers funded by Breast Cancer Research Foundation and the U.S. National Institutes of Health followed more than 9,000 female preteens and teens from 1996 to 2010 and recorded what they ate during those years. The study, otherwise known as The Growing Up Today Study, was published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 

It showed that those who ate peanut butter three days a week reduced their risk of developing benign breast cancer disease by 39 percent. And those who had a daily serving of peanut butter were 68 percent less likely to get benign cancer disease than those who did not eat peanut butter. It is important to note that these statistics included girls who had a family history of breast cancer. 

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Although researchers looked at other foods that had vegetable protein and vegetable fats, none had the same effect as peanut butter. 

The study doesn't hail peanut butter as a cure-all for breast cancer, but this discovery could have a major impact in finding a cure.

For now, researchers recommend that young ladies switch out sugary, processed snacks for peanut butter.