A nutritious diet does far more than aid digestion; it can be a powerful defence against serious diseases such as colon cancer. Also called colorectal cancer, the disease occurs when abnormal cells form in the colon or rectum and can spread to other organs if not detected early. Though it has long been considered a condition affecting older adults, doctors are now seeing a worrying increase among younger people, driven by sedentary lifestyles and poor dietary habits. Data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows that colon cancer accounted for over 1.9 million new cases and nearly 930,000 deaths worldwide in 2020, underscoring its global health impact. Highlighting the value of prevention, Dr Saurabh Sethi, MD, MPH, a gastroenterologist trained at Harvard and Stanford, recently

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