Eat more dietary fibre
It’s well known that a high-fibre diet protects against bowel cancer.
Data from 350,000 participants in the UK Biobank study shows associations between dietary fibre and reduced risk of several other cancers too. After adjusting for sociodemographic, lifestyle factors, those consuming most fibre had a 10% lower risk of many types of cancer compared with those with the lowest intake. The greatest risk reductions were observed for cervical, oesophageal, lung, bladder, bowel and kidney cancers.
CHANGING WORLD DEMOGRAPHICS
While birth rates are declining in richer nations, creating anxiety about how those countries are going to care for and pay for their ageing populations, Africa is
