Eating certain vegetables can help prevent colon cancer

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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