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Diet and colorectal cancer

Five ways to cut your risk of bowel cancer

September 18, 2017 by Tim Crowe 5 Comments

Bowel cancer ranks as one of Australia’s most common cancers, especially for people aged over 50. This is one form of cancer where diet and lifestyle choices play a big part in changing a person’s risk of developing it. That makes it a good news story because lifestyle factors are changeable. Here I outline the […]

red meat cancer

Keep calm and stop hatin’ on bacon

January 14, 2016 by Tim Crowe 7 Comments

In November of 2015, The World Health Organization released a report investigating how likely red meat and processed meats are to cause cancer. The Internet promptly exploded with headlines proclaiming ‘How your steak is giving you cancer’ and ‘Bacon is as bad for you as smoking’. Taking a step back from the attention-grabbing headlines, the […]

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