CNN —The food you eat may be affecting your body’s ability to fight cancer cells in the colon, according to a new study. The potential culprit: an overabundance of certain omega-6 fatty acids — perhaps from ultraprocessed foods in your diet — that may hinder the anti-inflammatory and tumor-fighting properties of another essential fatty acid, omega-3. Linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid that is found in corn, peanut, soybean, safflower and sunflower oils, is the most common omega-6 in the US food supply. “It’s a leap to say that omega-6s from ultraprocessed foods are the cause. Many ultraprocessed foods are made with soybean and other vegetable oils that contain higer levels of omega-6 fatty acids.

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Persons: ”, Timothy Yeatman, Yeatman, “, Bill Harris, it’s, Harris, chia, gastroenterologist Dr, Robin Mendelsohn, Mendelsohn, codirector, ” Yeatman, Ganesh Halade, Halade, ” Halade, Tom Brenna, ” Brenna Organizations: CNN, British Society of Gastroenterology, University of South, Tampa General Hospital Cancer Institute, Sanford School of Medicine, Acid Research, National Cancer Institute, Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dell Medical, University of Texas, American Heart Association, AHA, Harvard Medical Locations: Gut, University of South Florida, Tampa, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls , South Dakota, United States, New York City, Austin