The biggest study so far has come out on the relationship between food and cancer. Scientists at Oxford University have found that vegetarians have a significantly lower risk of developing at least five types of cancer than meat eaters. This report was published in ‘British Journal of Cancer’ (…)
The biggest study so far has come out on the relationship between food and cancer. Scientists at Oxford University have found that vegetarians have a significantly lower risk of developing at least five types of cancer than meat eaters. this report ‘British Journal of Cancer’ Has been published in.
For this research, data of more than 18 lakh people from India, Britain, America and Taiwan was analyzed. In this long study that lasted for 16 years, about 16.5 lakh meat eaters, 57 thousand chicken eaters, 42 thousand fish eaters, 63 thousand vegetarians and about 8,800 vegan people were included. The analysis also adjusted for lifestyle and physical differences, including BMI (ratio of height and weight).
Risk of cancer reduced due to positive effect on metabolism
According to study co-author Professor Tim Key, a vegetarian diet improves the body’s metabolism, which can reduce the risk of cancer. In previous research, the level of a certain protein was found to be very low in the blood of vegetarians, which increases the risk of kidney cancer.
Vegetarians and non-vegetarians have similar risks for intestinal cancer.
According to research, the risk of intestinal cancer was found to be equal in vegetarians and non-vegetarians. This is surprising, because meat is considered to be the main cause. The risk appeared to be slightly higher in vegans, but scientists believe that due to the small sample size, these results cannot be called completely accurate.
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