Cancer and Food Part Four: Does Eating Only Meat and No Vegetables Increase Cancer Risk?

The most common thing people say after being diagnosed with colorectal cancer is: I thought it was just constipation, if I had known earlier I would have eaten more vegetables...

As the saying goes, "poverty harms the stomach, wealth harms the intestines," and colorectal cancer is a typical "disease of affluence." Colorectal cancer includes colon cancer and rectal cancer, and it is one of the malignant tumors with the fastest rising incidence in our country, which is closely related to our insufficient intake of vegetables.

The main cause of colorectal cancer is excessive intake of high-protein, high-fat, and high-calorie foods. Eating too much of these foods invisibly increases the burden on the stomach and intestines, slows down the peristaltic speed of the stomach and intestines, causes food to break down slowly and remain in the intestines for a long time, thereby leading to difficulty in defecation, accumulation of toxins in the body, and laying the groundwork for the occurrence of colorectal cancer.

To prevent colorectal cancer, it is recommended that everyone control the ratio of fruits and vegetables to meat at 5:1, and maintain one bowel movement per day.