More than a decade after removal of an adenoma—a precancerous mass—from the colon, alterations to the gut microbiome and metabolites remain and may drive heightened risk of colorectal cancer, according to a new Harvard Chan School study.
Among participants with a history of adenoma, those with less healthy diets and lower physical activity carried more of the microbes that are typically elevated in both adenoma and CRC patients. These links between lifestyle and microbes were tighter in participants with a history of adenoma than in adenoma-free participants.
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The researchers noted that the study shows association rather than causation, and that future research is needed to directly test whether modifying the gut microbiome through diet and exercise habits does successfully alter CRC risk.
Interesting though. Like anything else, try to treat your body halfway right.
But
Interesting though. Like anything else, try to treat your body halfway right.