Bowel cancer risk may be reduced by rural African diet, study finds

Tests on subjects who swapped a fatty, meat-heavy diet for foods rich in beans and vegetables found a drop in biological markers for cancer in just two weeks

Swapping a western diet for traditional African meals may reduce the risk of colon cancer, scientists have found.

Tests on African Americans who replaced their fatty, meat-heavy diets with rural African foods rich in beans and vegetables found that in just two weeks, biological markers pointed to a drop in their disease risk.

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