Cancer Argument against meat-eating

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The Cancer Argument against meat-eating

Those who eat flesh are far more likely to contract cancer than those following a vegetarian diet.

The risk of contracting breast cancer is 3.8 times greater for women who eat meat daily compared to less than once a week; 2.8 times greater for women who eat eggs daily compared to once a week; and 3.25 greater for women who eat butter and cheese 2 to 4 times a week as compared to once a week.

The risk of fatal ovarian cancer is three times greater for women who eat eggs 3 or more times a week as compared with less than once a week.

The risk of fatal prostate cancer is 3.6 times greater for men who consume meat, cheese, eggs and milk daily as compared with sparingly or not at all.

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The Cancer Argument against meat-eating

Those who eat flesh are far more likely to contract cancer than those following a vegetarian diet.

The risk of contracting breast cancer is 3.8 times greater for women who eat meat daily compared to less than once a week; 2.8 times greater for women who eat eggs daily compared to once a week; and 3.25 greater for women who eat butter and cheese 2 to 4 times a week as compared to once a week.

The risk of fatal ovarian cancer is three times greater for women who eat eggs 3 or more times a week as compared with less than once a week.

The risk of fatal prostate cancer is 3.6 times greater for men who consume meat, cheese, eggs and milk daily as compared with sparingly or not at all.

Heart disease. Heart attacks in men are four times greater in those who are nonvegetarians in their 40s than vegetarians. Scientists state: "A more vegetarian diet without excess calories can lower cholesterol and ... should lower coronary heart disease" (InterSociety Commission for Heart Disease Resources Report, 1984).

One study showed that total vegetarian men who do not use animal products of any kind have only 14 percent the expected heart attack death rate, lacto-ovovegetarians have 39 percent, and meat eaters 50 percent the expected rate, as found in the general population.

Cancer. Meat eaters were found to have a 28 percent higher risk of breast cancer, 51 percent higher risk of prostate cancer, and 66 percent higher risk of ovarian cancer.

Diabetes. Another part of the study found that those who ate meat six times or more a week had 3.6 times greater risk of diabetes being on their death certificate. And the major cause of death among Type 11 diabetics (adult onset b") is heart disease. After further study it was discovered those who were not diabetic were at greater risk of developing diabetes if they were on a nonvegetarian diet.

Cancer. Meat eaters were found to have a 28 percent higher risk of breast cancer, 51 percent higher risk of prostate cancer, and 66 percent higher risk of ovarian cancer.

High consumers of meat, milk, eggs, and cheese had a 3.6 times greater risk of prostate cancer compared to low consumers. Ovarian cancer in women appear to be related to the amount of meat and eggs consumed. A study of over 142,000 Japanese women showed breast cancer risk to be 3.8 times greater in daily users of meat compared to those who ate it less than once a week.

In Japan cancer of the pancreas is 2.5 times more frequent in those who eat meat daily compared to vegetarians. Studies have also found that high consumers of fruits and vegetables have a lower cancer risk. Cancer of the pancreas is much lower. And those who eat cabbage once a week have only one third the risk of colon cancer as those who eat it once a month. in a study of people over 65 years of age, high consumers of vitamin A and C foods had only a third the cancer death rate as low consumers of these fruits and vegetables.

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