Eating Yogurt May Lower Risk of Specific Colon Cancer

People who ate at least two servings of yogurt per week had a 20 percent lower rate of a specific type of tumor.
Eating Yogurt May Lower Risk of Specific Colon Cancer
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Yogurt could reduce the risk of a specific type of colon cancer by 20 percent, according to a new study that tracked more than 130,000 health care professionals for decades.

People who ate at least two servings of yogurt weekly had significantly lower rates of colorectal cancer through changes in the gut.

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George Citroner reports on health and medicine, covering topics that include cancer, infectious diseases, and neurodegenerative conditions. He was awarded the Media Orthopaedic Reporting Excellence (MORE) award in 2020 for a story on osteoporosis risk in men.