Fruit, less meat curbs cancer risk: Study

Want to lower your risk of colon cancer? Eating a lot of fruit and a little meat might be the key

March 21, 2007

Researchers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill found that people who ate a high-fruit, low-meat diet had half the risk of developing precancerous polyps compared with heavy meat-eaters.

Surprisingly, the study also found that people who eat lots of vegetables and a moderate amount of meat had the same risk of polyps as the heavy meat-eaters....

Source: Fruit, less meat curbs cancer risk: Study

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