Their findings? Those who ate more yogurt had a 20% lower risk of colon cancer if their tumors contained Bifidobacterium. What's more, this effect was much more noticeable in cancers that started in the proximal colon (or the first part of the large intestine).

According to researchers at MGB, those who have two or more servings of yogurt weekly tend to have a reduced risk of one type of colon cancer.

In a nutshell Long-term yogurt consumption (two or more servings weekly) was associated with a 20% lower risk of developing certain types of colorectal cancer, specifically, those containing Bifidobacterium bacteria,