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Ingesting calcium reduces a woman’s risk of colorectal cancer by some 17%.  This the report from the UK’s University of Oxford.  Epidemiologists there analyzed data from more than half million (542,778) women with a mean age of 60 years followed over 16 years.  

Other foods besides those containing calcium also appeared to be protective though to a less significant degree.  Fruit and cereal reduced the risk by about 8%.

The study’s findings were not all good news.  Alcohol boosts a woman’s risk of bowel cancer by 15% and red meat bumps it up by 9-10%.

If you’re a woman with a family history of colorectal cancer, you should take this data to heart.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-55219-5

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