Review: Resistant Starch Could Help Body Resist Colorectal Cancer

A review published in Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, shows that resistant starch could help the body resist colorectal cancer through mechanisms including killing pre-cancerous cells and reducing inflammation.

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Researchers from the University of Colorado Cancer Center describe studies that have found that rats fed resistant starch showed decreased numbers and sizes of lesions due to colorectal cancer.

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