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Binge watching brings big bowel cancer risk for men
How many hours of TV do you watch per day? If you’re anything like the average American adult, you’re planted in front of the TV screen for more than five hours per day.
That’s kind of scary when you think about it. How many more productive things could you get done in those hours spent staring at a glowing screen?
You could start that novel you’ve always wanted to write. Get more exercise. Volunteer for a cause you care about. Learn to play an instrument. And I say this as someone who watches her fair share of TV.
But beyond cutting into your productivity, too much TV time is terrible for your health. Especially if you’re prone to binge-watching.
Spending hours upon hours in front of the TV every day keeps you sedentary, which means it’s not great for your waistline. Plus, it increases your risk for type 2 diabetes and heart disease… which makes perfect sense, since a lack of exercise is a leading factor in both diseases.
But there’s one health problem attached to your TV time that’s less obvious… and it’s a doozy…
Watching a lot of TV is bad for you bowel health too. In fact, it increases your risk of bowel cancer.
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More TV means more bowel cancer for men
Researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Imperial College London and the University of Oxford recently uncovered a connection between TV watching and bowel cancer.
They found that men who watched more than four hours of TV per day had a 35 percent higher risk of developing bowel cancer within six years than men who watched one hour or less per day.
The study included 2,391 people — men and women. But the risk didn’t apply to women for some reason. (Of course, there are plenty of other great health reasons for us ladies to cut down on TV time).
The weird thing is, spending the same amount of time in front of the computer didn’t increase bowel cancer risk. So this might not come down to just being sedentary…
Researchers suspect the risk relates to the unhealthy habits that accompany TV time. After all, TV-watching is associated with a higher likelihood of snacking, drinking alcohol and smoking.
But at this point, there’s no way to know for sure why TV watching puts you at risk for bowel cancer. So it’s probably safest to just cut down your time spent in front of the boob tube.
Cutting the cord on TV time and bowel cancer risk
There was one encouraging finding from this study. Researchers found that increasing the amount of physical activity you get daily can lower your risk of bowel cancer.
Men who got more physical activity daily had a 23 percent lower risk of bowel cancer than men who didn’t get much.
So it may be time to replace your TV hobby with a new one like running, playing tennis, swimming or playing golf.
You can also cut your bowel cancer risk by:
- Eating lots of fruits, vegetables and fiber
- Avoiding alcohol and cigarettes
- Maintaining a healthy weight
All in all, every bit of effort you put into cutting your bowel cancer risk is worth it. It’s the third leading cause of cancer death in men. So do what you can for better bowel health… and that includes leaving binge-watching behind for good.
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Sources:
- Binge watching TV could increase bowel cancer risk in men — MedicalXpress. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
- Too much TV may raise men’s colorectal cancer risk — Medical News Today. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
- S. Morris, et al. “Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and colorectal cancer risk in the UK Biobank.” — British Journal of Cancer, 2018.
- How Much Do We Love TV? Let Us Count the Ways — The New York Times. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
- ‘Binge-watching’ TV may be harmful to health — Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
- Colorectal cancer: What you need to know — Medical News Today. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
By Jenny Smiechowski
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