Health-minded individuals are well aware that a diet high in natural fruits and vegetables equate to vibrant health and dramatically lowered risk of many chronic diseases.

1. Health-minded individuals are well aware that a diet high in natural fruits and
vegetables equate to vibrant health and dramatically lowered risk of many
chronic diseases.
Foods such as apples, broccoli and cauliflower each lower the risk of cancer
initiation in different parts of the colon while high sugar, fiber-void fruit juices are
shown to increase risk of the illness. Nutrition scientists from Australia provide
important documentation to confirm the importance of eating a colorful selection

2. of fruits and vegetables to lower colon cancer risk.
Nutrition researchers have designed studies to examine the effect of healthy diet
on colon cancer risk in the past, but the protective effect has been debatable as
they do not provide specific results for different foods on the key regions or
subsites of the colon. Professor Lin Fritschi, PhD, head of the Epidemiology Group
at the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, and her research team
set out to investigate the link between fruit and vegetables and three cancers in
different parts of the bowel: proximal colon cancer, distal colon cancer and rectal
cancer.
With respect to different fruit and vegetable consumption, the researchers found
a reduced rate of proximal colon cancer linked to eating brassicas like broccoli,
cabbage, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts. In addition, both total vegetable intake
and total vegetable and fruit intake were linked to a lower risk of distal colon
cancer. And finally a significant reduction in distal colon cancer risk was linked to
dark yellow vegetables and apples.
There should be no doubt that natural fruits and vegetables consumed raw or
minimally cooked to retain the active enzymes is a critical factor in digestive
health that dramatically lowers the risk of colon cancer and other chronic
conditions as well. This study conveys the important nature of eating a wide
variety of different colored fruits and vegetables, high in phytonutrient content,
to provide a protective shield at different colon subsites and throughout the
body.