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User ID: 1149868 Germany 04/29/2015 04:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Diet swap has dramatic effects on colon cancer risk for Americans and Africans Scientists have found dramatic effects on risk factors for colon cancer when American and African volunteers swapped diets for just two weeks. Colon cancer is the fourth commonest cause of death from cancer worldwide, accounting for over 600,000 deaths per year. Colon cancer rates are much higher in the western world than in Africa or the Far East, yet in the United States, African Americans shoulder the greatest burden of the disease. To investigate the possible roles of diet and gut bacteria, an international team including scientists from the University of Pittsburgh and Imperial College London carried out a study with a group of 20 African American volunteers and another group of 20 participants from rural South Africa. The two groups swapped diets under tightly controlled conditions for two weeks. The volunteers had colonoscopy examinations before and after the diet swap. The researchers also measured biological markers that indicate colon cancer risk and studied samples of bacteria taken from the colon. At the start, when the groups had been eating their normal diets, almost half of the American subjects had polyps -- abnormal growths in the bowel lining that may be harmless but can progress to cancer. None of the Africans had these abnormalities.
After two weeks on the African diet, the American group had significantly less inflammation in the colon and reduced biomarkers of cancer risk. In the African group, measurements indicating cancer risk dramatically increased after two weeks on the western diet. [ link to www.sciencedaily.com] Last Edited by Face Palmer on 04/29/2015 04:16 AM"The world will soon wake up to the reality that everyone is broke and can collect nothing from the bankrupt, who are owed unlimited amounts by the insolvent, who are attempting to make late payments on a bank holiday in the wrong country, with an unacceptable currency, against defaulted collateral, of which nobody is sure who holds title."
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 69074999 Australia 04/29/2015 04:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Diet swap has dramatic effects on colon cancer risk for Americans and Africans interesting!. |
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User ID: 1149868 Germany 04/29/2015 05:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Diet swap has dramatic effects on colon cancer risk for Americans and Africans Fiber "The world will soon wake up to the reality that everyone is broke and can collect nothing from the bankrupt, who are owed unlimited amounts by the insolvent, who are attempting to make late payments on a bank holiday in the wrong country, with an unacceptable currency, against defaulted collateral, of which nobody is sure who holds title."
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
The woman who is not pursued sets up the doctrine that pursuit is offensive to her sex, and wants to make it a felony. No genuinely attractive woman has any such desire. - H.L. Mencken, In Defense Of Women |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 62558691 United States 04/29/2015 05:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Diet swap has dramatic effects on colon cancer risk for Americans and Africans People don't need to be vegetarians, but 90% of what you eat should be vegetables, fruit, and salad.
It's so easy cavemen did it. |
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User ID: 61984016 United States 04/29/2015 07:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Diet swap has dramatic effects on colon cancer risk for Americans and Africans Learned about this from a book 30 years ago related to the same concept only applied to heart disease and cholesterol differences. Fiber seems to be the key. Good post, thanks. There is nothing quite as compelling as a bad idea whose time has come... Thulsa |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69044807 Australia 04/29/2015 08:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Diet swap has dramatic effects on colon cancer risk for Americans and Africans Flour and water make glue. You'll get bunged up with poo. Fibre only helps it shift through, but to stop cancer, won't quite do. |