Australia’s bowel cancer rates are world’s highest for under-50s. Scientists wonder if the gut microbiome is to blame (www.theguardian.com)

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An early release of findings from an Australian study published in medRxiv this week showed the incidence of bowel cancer is up to three times higher among Australians born in the 1990s compared with the 1950s cohort.

Bowel cancer is now the leading cause of death in people aged 25 to 44 in Australia.

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Microplastics, sugar, corn syrup, aspartame, taurine (and who knows wtf else in those energy drinks), caffeine, high cholesterol fats and overprocessed foods, lack of exercise... I wonder if there's any correlation with incidences of auto-immune diseases 🤔

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