People who have plenty of calcium in their diet are less likely to suffer from bowel cancer. Consuming around 300 mg every day from dairy lowers the risk by around 17 percent, researchers from Oxford University have discovered.
It was one of the standout ingredients with the greatest protective effect, the researchers say. They analyzed 97 different nutrients in human diets and their impact on colorectal cancers among 542,778 women, 12,251 of whom developed the cancer.