New study finds how we can say ‘nuts’ to colon cancer

It’s one of the most common and deadliest cancers around.

And even when you survive a bout with colon cancer, you can lose your bowel control – and even end up with a colostomy.

So anything you can do to prevent colon cancer from developing is big news.

And now Korean scientists say they’ve found an incredibly simple way to slash your colon cancer risk by a whopping 81 percent.

All it takes is a simple (and delicious) diet change – one that could save your life or the life of someone you love.

An easy nut to crack

When it comes to preventing colon cancer, the mainstream has been grasping at straws for years.

Just a couple weeks ago, I told you about their new push to get you popping aspirin every day for your entire adult life, just to drop your risk a few measly percentage points.

And that’s if all that aspirin doesn’t cause a deadly stomach bleed first.

Thanks for nothing, right?

Keeping yourself safe from colon cancer shouldn’t have to be that hard – or dangerous. And thanks to a newly published study from South Korea, it doesn’t have to be.

Because researchers have found that you may be able to stop colon cancer from ever developing – just by adding more nuts to your diet.  

That’s right, nuts. As in almonds, walnuts, cashews and peanuts.

And here’s the best part – you don’t have to gorge yourself on them, either.

For their study, researchers from the Seoul National University College of Medicine looked at people who were eating just a half an ounce (around a small handful) of nuts three or more times a week.

And here’s what they found about these nut lovers:

• Men who consumed nuts regularly were able to lower their risk of colon cancer by an impressive 69 percent.
• For women who had at least three servings of nuts a week, their risk was lowered by a jaw-dropping 81 percent.
• That risk reduction applied across the board to several different types of the disease found in different areas of the colon.

And the type of nuts consumed included just about every variety, with peanuts being the top contender, as they’re the most popular nut eaten in South Korea.

While this research is pretty impressive, it’s hardly the first time that nuts have been found to be an amazingly healthy addition to our diets.

Unfortunately, lots of people (especially seniors) have sworn off nuts, thanks to the mainstream’s decades-old fear campaign against fats.

But that’s just ridiculous. The natural fats you get in nuts are some of the healthiest around, and nuts have been shown to naturally lower cholesterol and help prevent heart disease.

And there’s plenty of other research proving that nuts can be powerful cancer-fighters.

Early this year, scientists out of the University of Colima in Mexico found that eating nuts can both reduce your risk of cancer and reduce your risk of dying from cancer.

That study also found a substantially lower risk of colon cancer in nut lovers, as well as significantly lower rates of breast, colon, pancreatic and lung cancer.

For pancreatic cancer alone the risk reduction was 32 percent! And that’s exciting, because the survival rates for some types of pancreatic cancer are downright abysmal.

Can you imagine if one of Big Pharma’s concoctions had that kind of success record? Why some drug company boss would be given the Nobel Prize for helping humanity!

So what “magic” compounds are contained in nuts that can give us this kind of cancer protection?

Nuts contain fiber, protein, minerals, healthy Omega-3 fatty acids and plenty of antioxidants. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to find a food that packs so much nutrition into a small serving.

But cancer protection isn’t the only gift that nuts can give us.

Walnuts, for example, contain super-high levels of antioxidants, which have been found to protect against heart disease, diabetes and even Alzheimer’s!

So don’t let the anti-fat crew scare you off of making nuts a regular part of your diet.

This is one of the simplest (and tastiest) ways you fight cancer that you’ll ever see.

Sources:
“Eating nuts linked to lower risk of colon cancer” Sara G. Miller, Fox News, April 20, 2016, foxnews.com