The Claim

Fecal concentrations of total N-nitroso compounds (NOCs) and heme-associated NOCs increase with the severity of colorectal mucosal damage, showing statistically significant differences between non-pathological controls (6.50 pmol/mg feces) and adenocarcinomas (20.69 pmol/mg feces).

Source: Dietary Nitrosamines from Processed Meat Intake as Drivers of the Fecal Excretion of Nitrosocompounds

What the research says

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Supports
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Challenges
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Correlation
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In plain English

When there's more damage in the gut, poop has higher levels of certain chemicals, and this goes up as the damage gets worse, like from healthy people to cancer patients.

See the scientific wording

Fecal concentrations of total NOCs and heme NOCs increase with the severity of colorectal mucosal damage, from non-pathological controls (6.50 pmol/mg feces) to adenocarcinomas (20.69 pmol/mg feces), with statistically significant differences (p=0.006 for total NOCs, p=0.017 for heme NOCs).

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Dietary Nitrosamines from Processed Meat Intake as Drivers of the Fecal Excretion of Nitrosocompounds

    The study found that higher levels of certain chemicals in poop are linked to more severe colon damage, which matches the claim exactly.

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