An intriguing study on diet and colon cancer demonstrated that a high-calorie diet elevated IL-6 expression in porcine colonic mucosa and changed the expression of IL-6-associated proteins such as PI3KR4, IL-1α, and Map2k1, while a whole food diet inhibited HCD-induced alterations in IL-6-related proteins and modulation of IL-6 signaling was strongly associated with diet-related colitis/cancer [62]. The gene discussed is IL6; the disease is colitis.