I'm a cancer surgeon and survivor and The Happy Pear were wrong about mushrooms

'If what they said was true, then every doctor would tell every parent to feed their children mushrooms and soy and go vegan, but we're not'

Dr Liz O'Riordan is an author and cancer surgeon based in the Uk. 

Last week, breast cancer surgeon Dr Liz O’Riordan began to hear from women on social media, asking about a claim made by Stephen and David Flynn of The Happy Pear that mushrooms could prevent breast cancer.

In the now-deleted Instagram reel, as well as recommending including soy products in your diet and cutting dairy, they claimed that mushrooms could reduce the risk of breast cancer.