Resistant Starch Provides Lasting Benefit in Lynch Syndrome

Regular bowel screening and aspirin reduce colorectal cancer among patients with LS but extracolonic cancers are difficult to detect and manage. This study suggests that RS reduces morbidity associated with extracolonic cancers.

Taking a supplement of 30 grams of “resistant starch” a day – about the amount in two slightly unripe bananas – reduced the risk of multiple forms of cancer in people with Lynch Syndrome

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2330638-starch-supplement-reduces-the-risk-of-some-hereditary-cancers/?fbclid=IwAR2NMmNDRsS2FnG6mNQhM8UqGuBlCGld3xAfKtV2hPG6laYP8RkRAqWDTVY

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