Broccoli, Cabbage, Other Veggies May Protect Against Colon Cancer

MONDAY, Sept. 26 (HealthDay News) ? Eating fruits and vegetables
may reduce the risk of some colorectal cancers, according to a new
study.

Austrailian researchers examined the diets of 918 colorectal cancer
patients and 1,021 people with no history of the disease and found that
consumption of certain vegetables and fruits were associated with a
decreased risk of cancer in the proximal and distal colon ? that is, the
upper and lower portions of the colon.

Consumption of brassica vegetables (also known as cole crops) such as
broccoli, kale, cauliflower, turnips and cabbage, for example, appeared to
reduce the risk of cancer in the upper colon, while both total fruit and
vegetable intake (and total vegetable intake alone) reduced the risk of
cancer in the lower colon.

They also found that eating more apples and dark, yellow vegetables was
linked with a significantly reduced risk of lower colon cancer.

Yet higher levels of fruit juice consumption were associated with an
increased risk for rectal cancer.

The study appears in the October issue of the Journal of the
American Dietetic Association.

?Fruits and vegetables have been examined extensively in nutritional
research in relation to CRC (colorectal cancer), however, their protective
effect has been subject to debate, possibly because of different effects
on different subsites of the large bowel,? lead investigator Professor Lin
Fritschi, head of the Epidemiology Group at the Western Australian
Institute for Medical Research, said in a journal news release.

?It may be that some of the confusion about the relationship between
diet and cancer risk is due to the fact that previous studies did not take
site of the [colorectal cancer] into account. The replication of these
findings in large prospective studies may help determine whether a higher
intake of vegetables is a means for reducing the risk? of cancer in the
lower colon, Fritschi concluded.

More information

The U.S. National Cancer Institute has more about colorectal cancer prevention.

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