Showing posts with label colon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label colon. Show all posts

Saturday, January 2, 2010

High fat diet increases inflammation in the mouse colon

This will be the nutrition blog until I get my other blog back -- seems the spam police do not the difference between "accurate"- research-based health information from spam....

High fat diet increases inflammation in the mouse colon

ScienceDaily (2010-01-02) -- Colorectal cancer, the third most common type of cancer worldwide, has been linked to an increased prevalence of the Western diet: one high in fat and low in fiber, vitamin D and calcium. Now, scientists have shown what happens to colon tissue when mice are fed such a diet: an inflammatory response that could be the trigger for carcinogenic processes. ... > read full article