This is at the heart of the bowel cancer debates at the moment, because it's very clear that just a few decades ago people under 50 were not getting it, and now they are, seemingly all the bloody time. I know 3 people personally who have had it, and 2 of them are dead.

One of the main theories is that exposure to E. coli and lots of antibiotics early in life changes the gut microbiome and allows more harmful species to colonise that do a lot more damage to DNA and cells , which over time leads to more mutations and hello bowel cancer.

This is quite scary as my daughter had e-coli some years back, but i make sure both kids eat daily walnuts and drink fermented drinks like kefir and there's a good one in bulgaria with a probiotic strain called ayran. Just want to stack the deck in our favour,

Lifestyle goes hand in hand i think, more stress, poor work life ballance, shit health in general for many, and microplastics in everything.