Pure vegetarian diet increases risk of cancer

There is no doubt about the actual study, the news report sensationalized and over-simplified the findings. In that sense there are no real issues with Veg diet.

Statistical studies are very expensive to conduct to rule out and isolate factors. Even a controlled human trial for proving that a given drug does not cause cancer can cost about 100 million dollars (in order to have statistically accurate results).

However there is a study done in England relatively recently about importance of Veggies and fruits.

Dr. Oyebode and her team from UCL (University College London) analyzed lifestyle data from annual national health surveys for England between 2001 and 2008. The data of more than 65,000 randomly selected people aged 35 and over went into the study.


The researchers worked out what effect fruit and vegetable intake had on the respondents' risk of death. They found that people who ate at least seven portions a day had a 42% lower risk of death from all causes.


The seven-a-day group specifically also had a 31% lower risk of death caused by heart disease


and stroke , and a 25% lower risk of death from cancer .


Here is a reference to online publication that was available on March 31, 2014


Click on the link below to read the article


http://jech.bmj.com/content/early/20...13-203500.full