Is This Cheap Fridge Staple The Key To Living Longer?

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68de3ef2140000ada15c6b9c.jpg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Open fridge" data-caption="Open fridge" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="nrd via Unsplash" />Open fridge</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>When <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/best-foods-preventing-bowel-cancer_uk_68c14ad7e4b059d8ed36a0c9">Dr Karan Rajan shared the foods</a> he eats every day to lower his risk of bowel cancer, the GI surgeon listed yoghurt as one of his four staples. </p><p>That’s not, as I originally thought, thanks to the <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/v" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-vars-item-name="gut-friendly bacteria" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="68c14ad7e4b059d8ed36a0c9" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="/v" data-vars-target-content-type="feed" data-vars-type="web_internal_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="6">gut-friendly bacteria </a>in yoghurt. Nope – it’s because the cheap food is calcium-rich. </p><p>And per a<a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/v" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-vars-item-name="a 2014 paper" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="68c14ad7e4b059d8ed36a0c9" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="/v" data-vars-target-content-type="feed" data-vars-type="web_internal_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="7"