By Mary Kekatos Health Reporter For Dailymail.com
Published: 23:48 BST, 18 June 2019 | Updated: 05:16 BST, 19 June 2019
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Eating at least two servings of yogurt a week may help protect men from developing growths that lead to bowel cancer, a new study finds.
Researchers say that men who ate at least two pots of yogurt had a nearly 20 percent lowered risk of developing the growths, known as adenomas, than men who didn't eat yogurt.
And men who ate yogurt had a 26 percent decreased risk of developing adenomas that were highly likely to become malignant.
The team, from Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri, says the findings support previous research that suggests consuming yogurt may lower bowel cancer risk by altering both the type and volume of bacteria in the gut.
A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri, has found that men who ate yogurt had a 26% lowered risk of developing adenomas likely to become
