British Scientists Claim – 14% less Risk of Cancer in Vegetarians than Non-vegetarians
Benefits of vegetarian diet: British scientists claim – 14% less risk of cancer in vegetarians than non-vegetarian eaters
Many doctors and health experts of the world support vegetarian diet. According to him, due to this, the level of blood pressure and cholesterol in the body remains normal. This diet keeps many serious diseases like hypertension, obesity and type-2 diabetes away.
Recently, in a study by the World Cancer Research Fund, Cancer Research UK and Oxford Population Health, vegetarians have a lower risk of cancer than non-vegetarians. This study has been published in the journal BMC Medicine.
Research on 4 lakh 72 thousand people
In the research, pescatarians i.e. people who eat only fish were kept in a separate group.
4 lakh 72 thousand people were included in the research. Their diet data were taken from UK Biobank. People who eat meat and fish were divided into different categories. The diet pattern of these people was followed for 11.4 years.
In the first group, there were people who ate non-veg for 5 or more days a week. These people used to eat all kinds of non-veg, from red meat to chicken. The second group consisted of people who ate meat five or fewer days a week. The third group was placed in those who were pescatarians, that is, only fish eaters. In the fourth and last group, such vegetarians were kept, who never ate meat and fish i.e. non-veg.
Disadvantages of non veg
Research has found an 18% lower risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women in vegetarian women.
The scientists found that the risk of any cancer was reduced by 2% in those who ate less non-veg compared to those who ate regular non-veg. This risk is 10% lower in pescatarians and 14% less in vegetarians.
The risk of colon cancer was also found to be 9% lower in those who ate less meat. Vegetarian women were found to have an 18% lower risk of breast cancer after menopause. The reason for this can be considered normal weight. The risk of prostate cancer was found to be 20% lower in pescatarians and 31% less in vegetarians than non-vegetarians.
What do experts say?
Vegetarian diet reduces the risk of colorectal cancer by 22%. Also, it reduces the overall risk of getting any cancer by 10 to 12%. Therefore, vegetarian diet is considered good for health.
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