Low-carbohydrate diets provoke development of colorectal cancer
The group of microbiologists from Rowett Scientific research institute in Aberdeen (Scotland) has ascertained that Low-carbohydrate diets, such as Kremlin and Atkins diets, increase risk of colorectal cancer development.
Scientists studied during the research the influence of such diets on a level of short open-chain fatty acid butyrate - substance with anticarcinogenic activity which is generated in a large intestine by anaerobe bacteria.
Microbiologists have studied gut organisms of all participants of an experiment. It was found out, that people eating minimum quantity of carbohydrates had fourfold reduced level of anticancer intestinal bacteria. Low-carbohydrate diets mean consumption of proteins contained in meat, fish, poultry, cheeses. Such diets are hard for an organism and can lead to a number of side-effects.
Therefore, as declared the head of the group Harry Flint, low-calorie diets can become one of the factors provoking development of colorectal and rectum cancer.