Inflammatory Foods Linked To Colorectal Cancer

Harvard Study On Inflammatory Foods

A Harvard Medical School study published on January 18, 2018, indicates diets high in inflammatory foods or promote chronic inflammation correspond with the development of colorectal cancer. Harvard researchers analyzed the eating habits of over 120,000 men and women who completed surveys every four years over a period of twenty-six years.

The research proved those who ate the most food that promotes inflammation had a higher rate of colorectal cancer than those who ate the least amount of inflammatory foods. Men had a forty-four percent higher risk, and women had a twenty-two percent higher risk.