Certain foods may disrupt your body’s fight against cancer cells, study says [Video]

The food you eat may be affecting your body’s ability to fight cancer cells in the colon, according to a new study.Related video above: Draft guidelines back self-collected samples for cervical cancer screeningThe potential culprit: an overabundance of certain omega-6 fatty acids — perhaps from ultra-processed foods in your diet — that may hinder the anti-inflammatory and tumor-fighting properties of another essential fatty acid, omega-3.”There are mutations every day in the GI (gastrointestinal) tract, and normally they’re quashed right away by the immune system with the help of molecules or mediators from omega-3s,” said Dr. Timothy Yeatman, senior coauthor of the study published Tuesday in Gut, the journal of the British Society of Gastroenterology.”But if you have a body subjected to years of a chronic inflammatory milieu created by an imbalance of omega-6s, the type commonly found in ultra-processed and junk foods, I believe it’s easier for a mutation to …