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Article: Vitamin D Crucial in Preventing Colon Cancer: Study
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- May 16, 2002
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Vitamin D may help protect against colon cancer by detoxifying
cancer-triggering chemicals that are released during the digestion of
high-fat foods, a new U.S. study suggests.
"Our findings suggest a new look at the relationship between
nutrition and cancer, particularly how vitamin D protects against
colon cancer," David Mangelsdorf at the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute said Thursday in a statement.
Mangelsdorf and colleagues found that Vitamin D can bind to a
receptor on intestinal cells that also binds to a bile acid
calledLCA.
Increased LCA is associated with a high fat diet, and the acid is
poorly reabsorbed in the liver. It therefore passes into the colon,
where it can damage ...