Higher Serum Levels of Pyridoxal-5’-Phosphate Associated with Reduced Risk of Colorectal Cancer

Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. Results of the large-scale case-control study show that the sum of PL and PLP were significantly associated with the risk of CRC. Comparing the highest with the lowest quartile, the adjusted ORs (95% CI) were 0.26 (0.20-0.33, Ptrend < 0.001) for serum PLP and 0.51 (0.40-0.66, Ptrend < 0.001) for PL plus PLP.  (more…)

Study Shows Benefit of Vegetarian Diet in Helping Protect against Colorectal Cancer

Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Analyzed data on 77,659 participants in The Adventist Health Study 2 revealed that when compared to non-vegetarians, all those in the vegetarian groups had a 19% borderline statistically significant reduced risk of colon cancer and a 22 % non-statistically significant reduced risk of colorectal cancers. (more…)

Vitamin E and Calcium May Curb Harms of Consuming Cured Meats

Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Curing meats is used for preservation but usually uses nitrates which are chemicals that have a cancer risk. In an animal study those supplemented with calcium had 67% lower levels of a material linked to cell damage and 52% less of  precancerous lessions. Vitamin E had 48% lower levels of precancerous lesions. (more…)