Health tip for the day: Fiber and Colon Cancer In a 1971 landmark study, Burkitt concluded that the low incidence of colorectal cancer in Africa was due to high dietary fiber intake. Thus began an odyssey of epidemiological studies around the world to verify Burkitt’s findings. Several studies published in the last decade are reviewed here in an effort to determine whether the generally accepted theory that high fiber diets exert a protective effect against the development of adenomatous polyps and colorectal cancer is still valid. Read
Posted on: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 02:16:29 +0000
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