Eating resistant starch may help reduce red meat-related colorectal cancer risk
Consumption of a type of starch that acts like fiber may help reduce colorectal cancer risk associated with a high red meat diet, according to a study. “Red meat and resistant starch have opposite effects on the colorectal cancer-promoting miRNAs, the miR-17-92 cluster,” said one researcher. “This finding supports consumption of resistant starch as a means of reducing the risk associated with a high red meat diet.”
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Eating resistant starch may help reduce red meat-related colorectal cancer risk
August 4, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: colorectal, diet, fiber-may, high-red, meat-diet, oncalldiets, resistant-starch, risk, said-one
