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If You Eat This Food, You Could Reduce Your Risk of Colorectal Cancer by 17 Percent - Reader's Digest
If you need an excuse to chow down on carbs, you're in luck. A report from global cancer researchers suggests you can lower your risk of colorectal cancer by eating more whole grains.
Around 140,000 Americans are diagnosed with colon cancer every year. Colon and rectal cancers are striking younger adults more often than in the past. For example, millennials born in 1990 have more than twice the risk of developing colorectal cancer than their peers born in 1950. “Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers,” said Edward L. Giovanucci, MD, ScD, in a press release from the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR).
A 2017 report by the AICR and the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) yielded some good news: “There is a lot people can do to dramatically lower their risk.” The findings are “robust and clear,” Dr. Giovanucci says: “Diet and lifestyle have a major role in colorectal cancer.”
If you need an excuse to chow down on carbs, you're in luck. A report from global cancer researchers suggests you can lower your risk of colorectal cancer by eating more whole grains.
Around 140,000 Americans are diagnosed with colon cancer every year. Colon and rectal cancers are striking younger adults more often than in the past. For example, millennials born in 1990 have more than twice the risk of developing colorectal cancer than their peers born in 1950. “Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers,” said Edward L. Giovanucci, MD, ScD, in a press release from the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR).
A 2017 report by the AICR and the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) yielded some good news: “There is a lot people can do to dramatically lower their risk.” The findings are “robust and clear,” Dr. Giovanucci says: “Diet and lifestyle have a major role in colorectal cancer.”
