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Health
John Elder

How to cut your barbecue bowel-cancer risk

Fibre binds to toxic food compounds, such as those found on charred meat, protecting the cells in the bowel's wall. Photo: Getty

Dear meat-eating devotees. You love those char-grilled steaks from the barbecue. And they’re pretty good when fried on the stove. They taste so good and there’s no way you’ll give them up.

Now and then, there’s that little niggle in your mind: Isn’t charred meat and fish and chicken a cause of bowel cancer?

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