| Vegetarians and cancer | | | | Adventists, who are largely lacto-ovo vegetarians, |
| You might have a general idea that eating a | | | | have shown significant reductions in cancer risk |
| vegetarian diet is more healthy for you. But do | | | | among those who avoided meat. |
| you really know how much less the incidence is of | | | | Similarly, breast cancer rates are dramatically |
| certain types of cancers among vegetarians? | | | | lower in nations, such as China, that follow |
| Vegetarian diets, naturally low in saturated fat, | | | | plant-based diets. Interestingly, Japanese women |
| high in fiber, and replete with cancer-protective | | | | who follow Western-style, meat-based diets are |
| phytochemicalsâhelp to prevent cancer. | | | | eight times more likely to develop breast cancer |
| Large studies in England and Germany have | | | | than women who follow a more traditional |
| shown that vegetarians are about 40 percent less | | | | plant-based diet. Meat and dairy products |
| likely to develop cancer compared to | | | | contribute to many forms of cancer, including |
| meat-eaters. In the U.S., studies of Seventh-Day | | | | cancer of the colon, breast, ovaries, and prostate. |