Science has already linked ultra-processed foods to heart disease, inflammation, diabetes, and cancer. But new research out of the University of South Florida and Tampa General Hospital (TGH) Cancer Institute has confirmed the cancer link in a powerful way—by finding evidence of inflammation in the colon cancer tumors themselves.
“It is well known that patients with unhealthy diets have increased inflammation in their bodies,” said Dr. Timothy Yeatman, an author of the study and associate center director at the TGH Cancer Institute, said in the press release. “We now see this inflammation in the colon tumors themselves, and cancer is like a chronic wound that won’t heal.”
