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Are Nutrition and Diet Important for Colon Cancer Prevention?

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Updated December 02, 2009

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Question: Are Nutrition and Diet Important for Colon Cancer Prevention?
Answer: It's absolutely true that nutrition and diet are an important part of any colon cancer prevention plan.

There are many other important things you can do to reduce your risk of colon cancer too, including colon cancer screening, exercising regularly, avoiding tobacco and cigarette smoking, and maintaining a healthy body weight.

But if you don't address nutrition, you won't be maximizing your colon cancer prevention efforts.

You can start with the basics on diet and colon cancer. If you crave more in-depth answers, check out the vital information on vitamin D, the DASH diet, meat, hot dogs, and colon cleansing.

You can seek, and find, the information you need to make informed choices about what you eat and how this can affect your risk of colon cancer. Check back often as topics are added regularly. And if you don't see something you want, use the "email me" link to drop me a line. Please ask me to tackle a topic for you. I'm here to help!

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