Doctors reveal deadly diet combos that could be causing explosion of colon cancers in young people READ MORE: Two drugs that 'melt away' colon cancer are 100 percent effective By Emily Joshu Health Reporter In Chicago For Dailymail.Com Published: 23:28, 3 June 2024 | Updated: 23:41, 3 June 2024 e-mail 37 shares 28 View comments Researchers may be one step closer to unravelling the cause of a colon cancer crisis in relatively young people. They've found that a combination of eating too much sugar and not enough fibre causes the gut to produce a bacteria that speeds up the aging of people's cells.
This makes them more susceptible to mutations and damage that leads to cancer and less likely to be able to fight off the growth of tumour cells, according to new research presented at the world's largest cancer conference this weekend. Meanwhile, a separate study revealed at the conference theorises that energy drinks could be partly fuelling the colorectal cancer epidemic in under-50s. The researchers behind that trial believe that an ingredient called taurine feeds and promotes the growth harmful gut bacteria linked to the disease.
The above graph shows the rise of colorectal cancer in young Americans from 1999 through 2020 Evan White is pictured above with his fiancée Katie Briggs and their dog Lola. The pair had started dating when Evan had cancer and got engaged when his condition stabilised. However, he passed away after four years fighting the disease Marisa Maddox (pictured.