Previous studies have shown that eating plenty of meat may increase the risk of heart disease and colon cancer. And a new study now suggests that meat and fish, increasing the risk of inflammatory bowel disease.

In a study published in the journal “American Journal of Gastroenterology, researchers showed that women who consumed the most animal protein (meat and fish in this study, no dairy products or eggs) were 3 times more risk of suffering from an inflammatory disease of the intestine.

Of the 67,000 women followed over a period of 10 years, only 77 women were diagnosed with chronic inflammatory bowel disease, but 90% of participants consumed a daily amount of animal protein than recommended by nutritionists.

Researchers say that meat increases the risk of inflammatory bowel disease because the digestion of animal proteins produce toxic end products such as hydrogen sulfide and ammonia.

The scientists therefore recommend that women reduce their consumption of food from animals, especially since the study showed that women eating too much meat.

Inflammatory bowel disease can lead to major problems such as Crohn’s disease (chronic inflammation of the entire digestive tract, suspected to be due to an overactive immune system against substances and tissues that are normally present in the body.) ulcerative colitis (ulcerative colitis or) and an increased risk of colon cancer (which develops from the lining of the “large intestine” or colon).

The Heidelberg researchers had the benefit of colonoscopy according to indications from Monday at around 3300 Saarlanders asked. Previously, only the data had been available from clinical trials.

The investigation has been among people who had undergone in the past ten years, a colonoscopy, “found much less advanced stages of colorectal cancer.” “Especially in the left pane of the intestine is the risk for colorectal cancer and its precursors” drastically reduced, said the researchers. The results underline the great potential of colonoscopy for early detection of colon cancer.

The surveyed in the study Saarlander had attended a colonoscopy (colonoscopy) in the wake of the statutory scheme for cancer screening. They were asked whether they had undergone in the last ten years prior to the screening colonoscopy already a colonoscopy.

Accordingly, from the nearly 600 people who already had a colonoscopy behind, only 36 had advanced precancerous lesions in the intestine. This corresponds to 6.1 percent. The study found about 2,700 participants who were first to undergo a colonoscopy, at 308 persons (11.4 percent) such advanced stages.

In the so-called leftist, “descending” part of the intestine, where the cancer occurs most often discovered in the participants with previous colonoscopy two thirds less advanced precancerous lesions than in participants without previous colonoscopy.