Today, the day on which the World Colon Cancer Day, we took the opportunity to emphasize the importance of a healthy diet to reduce the risk of this disease. And is that colon is a type of cancer that, while it may be genetic, too it is very much related to the foods we consume.
– Symptoms and prevention of colon cancer, the disease for which Pau Donés died
one healthy eating, with fresh and ‘real’ food it is the most recommended for our digestive system to function properly. Also, do not skip visits to the doctor and population screening, by detecting blood in feces and performing colonoscopies can prevent the disease or detect it in time to prevent mortality.
We spoke with the dietitian and nutritionist Luis Cabanyes, secretary of the Official Association of Dietitians-Nutritionists of the Valencian Community (CODiNuCoVa) who gives us all the dietary guidelines to maintain our health and reduce the likelihood of the appearance of a colon cancer.
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How does diet affect our risk of colon cancer?
The increase in risk with the consumption of red meat and meat that was not fresh (or processed) became well known. Barbecues, alcohol, burns… are processes or products that increase the risk of colon cancer, and observational studies, meta-analyzes and biological plausibility say so, the latter being the important thing, which means that something that happens in the laboratory also happens in real life.
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