Guest guest Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Chicken May Cut Colon Cancer Risk Big Chicken Eaters Have Fewer Incidents of Colon Cancer By DeNoon WebMD Medical News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD on Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Dec. 27, 2005 -- Eating a lot of chicken may lower your risk of colon cancer, a new study shows. Maybe it is the selenium and calcium in chicken. Maybe chicken eaters consume less-processed meat -- a risk factor for colon cancer. The reason isn't clear. Whatever the reason, people who ate a lot of chicken had an associated 21% lower risk of all adenomas -- growths that can be precursors of colon cancer -- than those who ate little chicken. The risk was 39% lower for the greater threat of advanced adenomas. The findings come from data collected on 1,520 people who volunteered to have repeated colonoscopies in two large clinical trials. The report, from J. on, MD, MPH, of Dartmouth Medical School, and colleagues, appears in the December issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology. " Those with higher intakes of chicken were at decreased risk for adenomas and advanced adenomas, " on and colleagues report. This might just be a statistical fluke -- except that two previous studies also showed a reduced risk of colon cancer for chicken eaters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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