A significant, global study of almost 1.5 million people found that eating a diet loaded with yogurt and fiber is a powerful way to slash your lung cancer risk.
Researchers looked at men and women in their 50s and found that folks who ate a lot of yogurt and had the most fiber intake (from whole grains, and fruits and veggies) cut their risk of lung cancer by more than 30% compared with folks eating very little fiber and no yogurt.
The researchers suggest that prebiotics from fiber and probiotics from yogurt are what help the immune system dodge lung cancer whether youre a current, past or never smoker.
So theres one more reason to eat only 100% whole grains, seven to nine servings of produce daily, and probiotic-rich foods like low- or no-fat yogurt, as well as kefir, sour dill pickles, kimchi, kombucha (a fermented tea), miso, natto (a food made from fermented soybeans), sauerkraut, the popular meat substitute tempeh and water- or brine-cured olives.
Plus, take a probiotic supplement with lactobacillus or in spore form daily.
Mehmet Oz, M.D., is host of The Dr. Oz Show, and Mike Roizen, M.D., is chief wellness officer and chairman of Wellness Institute at Cleveland Clinic.
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