Colon

Could Glucosamine and Chondroitin Support A Healthy Colon?

Anti-Inflammatory, Chondroitin, Colon, Colon Health, Glucosamine

According to data from two large US cohort studies, supplementing glucosamine and chondroitin may aid colon health due to their anti-inflammatory mechanism. Data from over 68,000 women and almost 28,000 men who participated in the Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study respectively were analyzed.  672 cases of colorectal cancer were identified from the…

Can Vitamin A Put An End to Colon Cancer ?

Immune Function, Vitamins

Current research by Swiss scientists at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne suggests Vitamin A has promise in preventing cancer cells from growing. When a patient is undergoing chemotherapy for colon cancer most cancer cells die off, however genetic mutations that may have caused the cancer initially, may survive.  These surviving cancer cells block a…