Two Cups of Yogurt a Week Lowers Colorectal Cancer Risk in Men by 26 Percent

Study finds that men who eat yogurt regularly may have their risk of colorectal cancer reduced by more than a quarter. OlgaMiltsova/iStock

After being diagnosed with rectal cancer in 2014, Taiwanese artist Yu Yuan-chi fought tenaciously against the disease for eight years. Unfortunately, she passed away on Aug. 21 at the age of 39.

Colorectal cancer is common cancer. In recent years, a number of Hong Kong and Taiwan celebrities have died of rectal cancer, among them Hong Kong artists Tony Kwong Chor-fai, David Lo Dai-wai, and Taiwanese artist Chu Ko-liang.