Eating certain vegetables can help prevent colon cancer

Eating certain vegetables can help prevent colon cancer

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11th Grade - University

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The video discusses the hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), a protein that acts as an environmental sensor protecting the gut from inflammatory responses. Research by the Francis Crick Institute and Imperial College London found that mice unable to produce AHR developed gut inflammation leading to colon cancer. The key to stimulating AHR is indole 3 carbonyl (I3C), produced when digesting vegetables like cabbage, broccoli, or kale. Mice on an I3C-rich diet did not develop inflammation or cancer, and those with cancer had fewer benign tumors.

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What is the significance of the vegetables from the brazicogenus in relation to AHR?

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What changes were observed in mice that were switched to a diet rich in IC3 after having cancer?

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