New Study Shows Link Between Meat-eating And Some Cancers
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British newspapers are reporting on part of a long-term study on cancer and nutrition, which has found that vegetarians are far less likely than meat-eaters to develop certain types of cancer.
Results say vegetarians are 45% less likely than meat-eaters to develop blood cancer, and 12% less likely to develop cancers in general.
One report of these results was recently printed in the Guardian. Naturally, there are several “cautions” included in the article, most of them in the form of comments by representatives of the meat industry. The article includes a link to the actual study, which is thoughtfully provided in Portable Document Format (pdf). It is therefore possible to look more closely at how the study was conducted.
Participants were sorted to equalize other factors, like age, exercise, smoking, and weight. Statistics on cancer diagnosis and treatment among the participants was obtained through the National Health Service rather than through direct reporting by participants. The study did not differentiate among vegetarians who eat dairy and egg products and those who do not, which is unfortunate, but it indicates that even a cheese-eating vegetarian has better risk factors than an omnivore.
Of course, a great review of nutrition data from studies across the world is the book, The China Study by Dr. T. Colin Campbell shows that there’s been evidence of a clear link between cancer and an animal-based diet (meat, dairy, eggs) for quite some time. You can read more about the book here: http://www.thechinastudy.com/about.html
I predict that in the next 5-15 years people will become much more aware of the role of diet in the development of cancer and that meat-eating will be seen as risky as smoking.
indeed, yes. It continues to annoy me that the mainstream media has not picked up on that huge study.