Dr Anisha discusses Bowel Cancer symptoms People are being urged to avoid overconsumption of two popular types of food after scientists found a link between them and a deadly disease. According to new research, eating red meat and sugar could raise your chances of developing bowel cancer. This disease is one of the most common types of cancer in the UK, accounting for more than 44,000 diagnoses every year.
It is also particularly deadly, causing the second highest number of cancer deaths annually. And in recent years it has sparked even more concern among medical circles as the number of young people diagnosed with the disease has risen. Between the early 1990s and 2018, the number of adults aged 25 to 49 being diagnosed with bowel cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, increased by 22 percent in the UK.
READ MORE Doctor says five signs on hands could signal life-threatening conditions Research has linked the overconsumption of red meat to bowel cancer (Image: Getty) While it is not known exactly what is causing this trend, it has been hypothesised that diet could be to blame. And these most recent findings support the idea that what we eat is a major contributing factor to bowel cancer risk. The research, which was presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), also discovered that individuals below the age of 50, who were diagnosed with bowel cancer, had reduced levels of citrate.
Citrate is produced during the conversion of food into.