Did you know that there is a relationship between sex hormones and colon cancer? I didn’t either, until recently.
Now we know that sex hormone replacement therapy can reduce colon cancer risk, besides spicing up your life!
According to a study published in the January issue of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention titled “Menopausal Hormone Therapy and risk of Colorectal cancer” http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/18/1/196, there is a significant reduction in the rates of colon cancer in women who were on hormone replacement therapy. However the authors did not even suggest any explanation of this finding. And what might be the connection between gut and sex hormones?
Very straightforward: when your body can produce babies and hence is full of sex hormones, it is protecting itself from death, including cancers. But when its not fertile any more, it thinks that it is time to die. Therefore, it decreases its natural defense including anticancer defense.
Looks like this study gives us a cancer prevention tip: keep your hormones balanced and you will get extra cancer protection.
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