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Eating seaweed could prevent colon cancer, inflammation of digestive tract, study suggests - Fox 11
Eating seaweed that grows near the Florida Keys could protect against colon cancer and inflammatory diseases of the digestive tract, according to research from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy.
Researchers conducted a multi-year study to identify the compounds in seaweed that contain anti-inflammatory properties as well as the mechanisms that cause these compounds to reduce inflammation. Their findings were published in the journal Free Radical Biology and Medicine.
Cancer rates are low among populations in Asia and the Pacific Islands, where people eat a lot of seaweed, and though researchers have previously hypothesized that these two factors were related, the study’s authors said there hasn’t been enough research to explain the mechanistic activities responsible for the anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory qualities of seaweed.
Eating seaweed that grows near the Florida Keys could protect against colon cancer and inflammatory diseases of the digestive tract, according to research from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy.
Researchers conducted a multi-year study to identify the compounds in seaweed that contain anti-inflammatory properties as well as the mechanisms that cause these compounds to reduce inflammation. Their findings were published in the journal Free Radical Biology and Medicine.
Cancer rates are low among populations in Asia and the Pacific Islands, where people eat a lot of seaweed, and though researchers have previously hypothesized that these two factors were related, the study’s authors said there hasn’t been enough research to explain the mechanistic activities responsible for the anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory qualities of seaweed.