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SCIENCE UPDATE

Beat bowel cancer

Want to reduce your chance of developing bowel cancer? Since it takes more than 15 years for the cancer to develop, researchers analysed 80 studies from 1980 to 2019 and discovered people who consumed at least 255mg of magnesium a day had a 23 per cent lower risk of developing it. Magnesium-rich foods include bananas, pumpkin seeds, almonds and spinach. Similarly, eating dairy