Garlic consumption in relation to colorectal cancer risk and to alterations of blood bacterial DNA.
Michela Carola SpecianiGiorgio GargariRoberto PenaginiMassimiliano MutignaniMonica FerraroniArianna NataleMichail KatsoulisMarcello CintoloPierfrancesco LeoneAldo AiroldiMaurizio VecchiRossella BonziClorinda CiafardiniBarbara OreggiaPietro CarnevaliSimone GuglielmettiPatrizia RisoCarlo La VecchiaMarta RossiPublished in: European journal of nutrition (2023)
The study adds data on the protective effect of dietary garlic on CRC risk. Moreover, it supports evidence of a translocation of bacterial material to bloodstream and corroborates the hypothesis of a diet-microbiota axis as a mechanism behind the role of garlic in CRC prevention.