Wani bincike na baya-bayan nan da aka buga a cikin Jaridar Turai na Clinical Nutrition ya nuna cewa cin abinci na iya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen hana ciwon daji na pancreatic. Binciken ya bincika alaƙar da ke tsakanin haɗarin ciwon daji na pancreatic da kuma cin wasu abubuwan gina jiki da ke cikin metabolism na methyl.
Zhang Jianjun, MD, masanin farfesa a fannin ilimin cututtuka a Makarantar Kiwon Lafiyar Jama'a ta Jami'ar Indiana Fairbanks kuma babban marubucin binciken, ya ce: "Methylation yana da mahimmanci ga haɗin DNA da methylation." Methylation na iya zama alaƙa da ciwace-ciwace. Samuwar yana da alaƙa da girma. Mahimman abubuwan gina jiki don methyl metabolism sun haɗa da folic acid, bitamin B6 da B12, da methionine. Sakamakon ya nuna cewa mahalarta tare da mafi yawan shan folic acid sun sami raguwa 69% a cikin hadarin ciwon daji na pancreatic idan aka kwatanta da waɗanda ke da mafi ƙarancin ci. Shan bitamin B6 kadai ba shi da alaƙa da haɗarin pancreatic. Duk da haka, idan aka haɗa abubuwa biyu na gina jiki tare, yana da mahimmanci a aikace. Yawan shan folic acid da bitamin B6 na iya rage haɗarin ciwon daji na pancreatic da kashi 76%.
Sakamakon wannan binciken ya nuna cewa shan folic acid da bitamin B6 na iya taimakawa wajen hana ciwon daji na pancreatic. Koyaya, Cibiyar Ciwon daji ta Amurka (AICR) ta ba da shawarar cewa ku sami abubuwan gina jiki da kuke buƙata daga abinci kuma baya ba da shawarar amfani da kari don hana ciwon daji. AICR yana ba da shawarar cin abinci mai kariya daga cutar kansa mai wadatar folic acid, bitamin B6 da sauran abubuwan gina jiki don rage haɗarin cutar kansa.
Folic acid bitamin ne mai narkewa da ruwa wanda ake samu a cikin koren kayan lambu, wake, goro da 'ya'yan itatuwa. Vitamin B6 yana samuwa a cikin abinci da yawa, ciki har da hatsi mai ƙarfi, wake, kaji, kifi da wasu kayan lambu da 'ya'yan itatuwa, musamman duhu kore kayan lambu, gwanda, lemu da cantaloupe.
