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Plant-based dietary patterns and the risk of digestive system cancers in 3 large prospective cohort studies
Incorporating healthy plant foods into our diets may confer us with adequate protection against digestive tract cancers, such as stomach, colorectal and liver cancer.
This study estimated digestive system cancer risk between consumers and non-consumers of plant foods. Researchers followed over 200,000 US men and women for over 30 years, monitoring their diets and health.
Researchers observed that participants on healthy plant-based diets enjoyed a significant decline in their risk of suffering from any of the cancers affecting the digestive tract, including esophageal, stomach, colorectal, and liver cancer. "Emphasizing the healthiness and quality of plant-based diets may be important for the prevention of developing cancers in the digestive system," the study concluded.
Research Summary Information
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2023
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Jihye Kim, Jaewon Khil, Hanseul Kim, NaNa Keum, Xuehong Zhang, Edward Giovannucci
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Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Kyung Hee University, 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-Gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi-Do, 17104, Republic of Korea. kjhye@khu.ac.kr. Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. kjhye@khu.ac.kr. Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University Graduate School, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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