Today is the day World Colon Cancer Day, We take this opportunity to emphasize the importance of a healthy diet to reduce the risk of this disease. And colon cancer is a type of cancer that although can be genetic as well it is closely related to the food we eat.
– Symptoms and prevention of colon cancer, the disease for which Pau Donés died
A healthy eating, with fresh and “real” food It is most recommended that our digestive system work properly. Similarly, non-compliance with doctor visits and examination of the population by detecting blood in the stool and performing colonoscopies can prevent the disease or detect it in time to avoid mortality.
I spoke with dietitian and nutritionist Luis Cabañas, secretary of the Official College of Dietitians-Nutritionists of the Valencian Community (CODiNuCoVa) who offers us all the dietary guidelines to maintain our health and reduce the likelihood of colon cancer.
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How does diet affect our risk of colon cancer?
The increased risk of eating red meat and meat that was not fresh (or processed) was well known. Grills, alcohol, burns… are processes or products that increase the risk of colon cancer and this is said through observational studies, meta-analyzes and biological plausibility, the latter being the important one, which means that something that happens in the laboratory happens and in real life.
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