Eating spinach could prevent colon cancer, new research suggests.
In the United States, colon cancer is the fourth-most common cancer and second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Previous studies have shown that eating green vegetables and fiber reduces risk of colon cancer by as much as half.
The new study in the journal Gut Microbes explores the relationship between spinach, gut health, genes, and colon cancer outcomes.
The researchers used a model of a hereditary disease called familial adenomatous polyposis, an inherited disorder that causes young people to develop multiple noncancerous growths (polyps) in their colon.
Most people with this disease must have their colon surgically removed to prevent hundreds of tumors from growing in their colon as they age. They then undergo often-toxic NSAYS treatment to prevent additional tumors from forming in the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine….