Eating little, without falling into malnutrition, seems to date the best recipe to live longer and keep the disease away. And if in addition to reducing the amount of calories, we avoid fats, the chances of a tumor appearing are reduced even more. For years scientists who try to solve the puzzle of cancer know that obesity and high-fat diets are not limited to clog arteries, also raise the chances of suffering from certain tumors such as digestive. But to date, it was not known why. The molecular and cellular explanation is revealed in a study published by the journal «Nature».

The advance not only reveals a new secret in the origin of cancer, it also identifies a new target that opens the door to new treatments against colon cancer, one of the most frequent in Spain. And, at the same time, there may be new therapies that affect other digestive disorders that are difficult to treat, such as Crohn's disease.