Article: Defending against colon cancer: a healthy lifestyle goes a long way.

It's been four years since headlines heralded that fiber doesn't decrease colon cancer risk after all, upending recommendations that had been considered gospel. Where does that leave us in trying to prevent the third most common cancer? EN takes a look at what you can do--aside from recommended screening tests--to reduce your risk of colon cancer.

Plant-Based Diet Still Pays Off.

Even though fiber is no longer the holy grail of colon cancer prevention, experts still recommend a fiber-rich diet of plant foods, foremost because there are other beneficial substances cached in these foods (see story, below).

Moreover, critics of the research that ...

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