A nutrition scientist shares 1 evidence-backed breakfast swap you can make for a lower cancer risk
Ultra-processed foods are linked to a higher risk of colon cancer, and some may be worse than others.A nutrition researcher explains how he avoids the riskiest kinds of ultra-processed foods.Instead, he recommends foods like whole grains and yogurt, which help protect the gut.For more than a decade since he began studying nutrition, Kenny Mendoza has been paying attention to his food labels, scrutinizing grams of fat, protein, and added sugar.But people eat food, not isolated nutrients. And, as Mendoza realized while training for his doctorate at Harvard, those foods are often heavily processed before reaching our plates, which can make a huge difference for our health."Now, I also pay much more attention to all the ingredients beyond the nutrients in the foods, to see if they're ultra-processed," he told Business Insider.
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Ultra-processed foods are linked to a higher risk of colon cancer, and some may be worse than others.A nutrition researcher explains how he avoids the riskiest kinds of ultra-processed foods.Instead, he recommends foods like whole grains and yogurt, which help protect the gut.For more than a decade since he began studying nutrition, Kenny Mendoza has been paying attention to his food labels, scrutinizing grams of fat, protein, and added sugar.But people eat food, not isolated nutrients. And, as Mendoza realized while training for his doctorate at Harvard, those foods are often heavily processed before reaching our plates, which can make a huge difference for our health."Now, I also pay much more attention to all the ingredients beyond the nutrients in the foods, to see if they're ultra-processed," he told Business Insider. "The evidence says that both things are important, nutrients and food processing."Today, as a professor of public health at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Mendoza said his research has changed how he eats. His latest work suggests that small, actionable food choices can make an important difference in colon cancer risk, at a time when the disease has become the leading cause of cancer-related death in younger people.Mendoza shared two of the most compelling swaps to prevent cancer, as well as his personal strategies to make healthy eating simpler.The top culprits behind colon cancer riskMendoza and colleagues from Harvard wanted to estimate how cancer risk might change if people ate fewer processed foods.Researchers analyzed decades of dietary and health data from more than 200,000 US healthcare professionals.
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- Ultra-processed foods are linked to a higher risk of colon cancer, and some may be worse than others.A nutrition researcher explains how he avoids the riskiest kinds of ultra-processed foods.Instead, he recommends foods like whole grains and yogurt, which help protect the gut.For more than a decade since he began studying nutrition, Kenny Mendoza has been paying attention to his food labels, scrutinizing grams of fat, protein, and added sugar.But people eat food, not isolated nutrients. And, as Mendoza realized while training for his doctorate at Harvard, those foods are often heavily processed before reaching our plates, which can make a huge difference for our health."Now, I also pay much more attention to all the ingredients beyond the nutrients in the foods, to see if they're ultra-processed," he told Business Insider.
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