New scientific evidence shows that cancer fears this way of eating the most

New research published in the biomedical journal The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has found that a common diet may hold the key to reducing the risk of several different types of cancer.

A vegetarian diet is a diet that typically emphasizes vegetables, fruits, nuts, and legumes while limiting or eliminating meat and fish.

Consuming more fruits and vegetables helps increase the intake of cancer-fighting plant compounds. Furthermore, eliminating meat from a vegetarian diet reduces the risk of obesity, which is linked to many types of cancer.

Vegetarian diets may help reduce the risk of many types of cancer

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The study, conducted by scientists from Loma Linda University School of Medicine (USA), aimed to further understand the benefits of a vegetarian diet on various types of cancer, including 79,468 participants, followed for nearly 8 years.

Participants completed a dietary questionnaire and were divided into the following groups:

Vegan : Excludes all animal products.

Lacto-ovo vegetarian : Do not eat meat or fish but still eat eggs and milk.

Vegetarian diet with eggs, milk, and less fish : No meat, but still eat eggs, milk, and fish at least once a month.

Semi-vegetarian : Eat less meat (at least once a month but no more than once a week).

Not vegetarian.

Vegetarian diet reduces the risk of many types of cancer

The results found that a vegetarian diet offers broad protection against cancer, with benefits ranging from gastrointestinal to hormone-related cancers, according to News Medical.

Specifically, compared with non-vegetarians, all vegetarian groups had a lower overall risk of cancer:

• 12% reduction in overall cancer risk.
• Reduce the risk of stomach cancer by 45%.
• Reduced risk of lymphoma by 25%.
• Reduce the risk of colorectal cancer by 21%, according to News Medical .

Vegan diets also reduce the risk of breast and prostate cancer in young men, but this is not clear in older men.

The researchers concluded: The study strengthens the evidence that a vegetarian diet can help reduce the risk of many types of cancer, from common to rare. There is no evidence that a vegetarian diet increases the risk of cancer.

Scientists are calling for more long-term, diverse studies to better understand the link between vegetarianism and cancer risk.

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