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Article: Diet high in nutrients such as antioxidant vitamins or calcium may be protective.
- Article from:
- Gastroenterology Week
- Article date:
- July 7, 2003
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2003 JUL 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Diet high in nutrients such as antioxidant vitamins or calcium may be protective.
According to a study from the United States, "Primary prevention of colonic adenomas and cancer through dietary interventions or chemoprevention has great appeal.
"This article discusses primary prevention goals and promising nutritional or chemopreventive strategies. There is substantial observational evidence that diets high in total calories and fat and or low in fruits and vegetables or total fiber as well as low levels of physical activity are related to the risk of colonic neoplasia," wrote D. Gatof and colleagues, University ...