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Vegetarian Diet Can Slash the Risk of Five Cancers by as Much as 30%
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A study based on the follow-up of several cohorts in four countries concluded that the risk of certain cancers in individuals who abstain from consuming meat products was decreasing.
Vegetarian diet can slash the risk of five cancers by as much as 30%
LONDON — The largest ever study of its kind found vegetarians have a 21% lower risk of pancreatic cancer and a 9% lower risk of breast cancer compared with meat eaters. They also have a 12% reduced risk of prostate cancer, 28% lower risk of kidney cancer and 31% lower risk of multiple myeloma. However, researchers at the University of Oxford found vegetarians have nearly double the risk of the most common type of cancer of the esophagus compared…
A large analysis of 1.8 million people shows that vegetarians are less likely to develop five types of cancer. However, researchers found a significantly increased risk for non-meat eaters in two types of tumors.
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