Brown spelt Vegetables and fruit may also help to protect against bowel cancer because they contain antioxidants which help to delay or prevent cell damage, said the charity.
You ll also need to maintain a healthy body weight - calculate your body mass index (BMI) here.
Moving on to physical activity, people who exercise regularly have a lower risk of bowel cancer. Try to do at least 30 minutes of physical activity such as brisk walking, five times a week, advised the charity.
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Alcohol consumption has been linked to bowel cancer and, for cancer prevention, it s best not to drink at all .
“This could inform specific prevention strategies.”
The study, published in the journal BMC Medicine, looked at 125,915 people from 45 studies on bowel cancer.
This type of cancer, which is strongly linked to obesity, affects more than 42,000 people every year, and causes more than 16,000 deaths.
The research is one of the largest genetic studies to look at men and women’s weight and bowel cancer risk.
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Natasha Paton, health information manager at Cancer Research UK, added: “It’s well established that keeping a healthy weight affects many types of cancer.
Matthew Carlton, Kingston upon Thames
At the start of 2018, my dad passed away from bowel cancer and, as I had experienced changes in my bowel habits for a while, I thought it was worth getting checked out. While I had a couple of minor tests, there was no indication of anything serious, so I carried on with life. An irritable bowel continued and in summer 2019 I returned to my doctors and saw a different GP, but as I was otherwise fit and healthy, he thought it was piles and sent me home with some cream.
In November 2019 I started to experience dagger like pains and sensations in my left abdomen area. It would stop me in my tracks. Sometimes it happened during a meeting and I would have real trouble disguising it from my colleagues. I knew something was wrong so back I went and saw a third different GP. I persuaded him to refer me to see a specialist.
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12:00 PM December 15, 2020
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11:22 AM December 16, 2020
Lauren Buffini aims to run 100 miles for Team Bex this December. Picture: JUSTGIVING/LAUREN BUFFINI
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An inspirational runner from Huntingdonshire is aiming to run 100 miles in 11 laps around Grafham Water this weekend for charity.
Lauren Buffini, who lives in Grafham, will take on the mega challenge this Saturday (December 19).
She is encouraging people to get out and exercise too - by running, walking or cycling and donating to local charity Team Bex.
It won’t be the first time Lauren has put her fitness to the test for charity – as she ran 100 miles around her garden for the NHS back in May.
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