New Delhi: Cancer is becoming one of the most common killers around the world.
While specific and definite causes of different types of cancers are still not known, experts have detailed various lifestyle, dietary and other choices that can spike risk of specific cancers.
Smoking can up risk of lung and mouth cancer, and diet can have an effect on all types of cancers and their risk.
Keeping these factors in check can help in the prevention of cancer as well.
Bowel cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, affects the digestive system of the body, specifically the organs such as the large intestine and the rectum.
According to a recent study, dairy consumption can considerably reduce your risk of bowel cancer.
According to the study, published in the journal Gut, eating dairy products can reduce bowel cancer risk.
Eating dairy products may reduce bowel cancer risk, but there’s no evidence that garlic or onions, fish, tea or coffee protect against the disease, say researchers.
For the study, the researchers trawled relevant published systematic reviews and meta-analyses of clinical trials and observational studies assessing the impact of dietary and medicinal factors on bowel cancer risk.
The results showed that aspirin is likely protective against bowel cancer, lowering the risk by between 14 per cent and 29 per cent at doses as low as 75 mg/day, with a dose-response effect reported up to 325 mg/day.
Eating dairy products was associated with 13 per cent to 19 per cent lower risk of bowel cancer.