For more than a decade since he began studying nutrition, Kenny Mendoza has been paying attention to his food labels, scrutinizing grams of fat, protein, and added sugar. But people eat food, not isolated nutrients. And, as Mendoza realized while training for his doctorate at Harvard, those foods are often heavily processed before reaching our plates, which can make a huge difference for our health. Today, as a professor of public health at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Mendoza said his research has changed how he eats. His latest work suggests that small, actionable food choices can make an important difference in colon cancer risk, at a time when the disease has become the leading cause of cancer-related death in younger people. Mendoza shared two of the most compelling swaps to prevent cancer, as well as his personal strategies to make healthy eating simpler, at the link in our bio. Story by Gabby Landsverk (Credit: Getty Images) #coloncancer #nutrition...