Synbiotics (both probiotics and prebiotics) reduce risk of colon cancer
Posted 5 years ago by Soraya in General Health News
A large, EU sponsored study found that a mix of prebiotics and probiotics acutely altered the composition of colonic bacterial ecosystems, and could thereby decrease the numbers of cancer-promoting bacteria. The amount of Clostridium perfringens, a strain thought to convert dietary substances to carcinogenic compounds, decreased significantly in participants given the synbiotic product. Lead author Joseph Rafter stated that use of synbiotics may represent a good means of “chemoprevention of colon cancer in humans”.
Reference: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Volume 85, Pages 488-496 "Dietary synbiotics reduce cancer risk factors in polypectomized and colon cancer patients"
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