Now from Times Square, here's what you need to know.

We're talking diet and colon cancer.

Yeah, each and every day we're learning more and more about a relationship between our diet and our risk of colon cancer.

This is a new study that found that consuming foods and drinks, rich in calcium, were associated with the reduced risk of colon cancer.

I just want to show you some of the results here.

In this study, they looked at over half a million women,

16 years of medical data, 100 different food types,

and they found that calcium was the biggest proponent

in terms of reducing the risk of colon cancer.

300 additional milligrams of calcium a day was associated with 17% reduced

risk of colon cancer. Now, naturally,

that is different from person to person dependent on their risk. When they look at additional food

items, for example, what can increase our risk? They found that alcohol and processed meat

were associated with an increased risk of colon cancer. Now, what does 300 milligrams of calcium

look like? I've got some examples here so that we can all better understand because sometimes on paper

it's difficult.

300 milligrams of calcium is equivalent to an 8 ounce glass of milk, about a heavy serving

of yogurt and about two servings of cottage cheese.

So if you're trying to find those sources of calcium, it doesn't just have to come from milk.

It can come from these other sources, but just to show you what we should focus on in terms of how much we should get, you should meet that 1,000

milligrams a day at the very least.

I like that you call that a heavy serving because that is a big bowl.

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