A Plant-based diet is proven to reduce the risk of cancer, prevent and reverse cancer
A plant-based diet reduces the risk of cancer and improves cancer survival rates.
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Plant foods contain fiber, which helps remove waste from the digestive system and excess hormones that could lead to colorectal, breast and prostate cancer. Additionally, the pigments that give fruits and vegetables their bright colors - like beta-carotene in carrots or lycopene in tomatoes - help fight cancer.
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Consumption of processed meat or red meat increases the risk of colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer and overall cancer mortality
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The process of grilling meat, including chicken and fish, produces carcinogens.
Dairy animal protein consumption is linked to higher prostate, ovarian, and breast cancer rates.
Dairy, soy, and risk of breast cancer: those confounded milks
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Individuals aged 50-65 reporting high animal protein intake have a 75% increase in overall mortality and a 4-fold increase in cancer death risk during the following 18 years.
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The National Institutes of Health followed 500,000 people ages 50-71 for 10 years. People in the higher 25% of red meat intake had elevated risks for overall cancer mortality.
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Overall, a plant-based diet leads to a statistically significant reduced risk (-15%) of incidence from total cancer.
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Research studies include:
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Vegan diet confers lower risk for overall and female-specific cancer than other dietary patterns. Vegan diets showed statistically significant protection for overall cancer incidence (HR, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.72-0.99) in both genders combined and for female-specific cancers (HR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.47-0.92). Vegetarian Diets and the Incidence of Cancer in a Low-Risk Population
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Vegan diets showed a statistically significant protective association with prostate cancer risk (HR: 0.65; 95% CI: 0.49, 0.85)​
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Dairy intake after prostate cancer diagnosis in relation to disease-specific and total mortality
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Vegetarian and vegan diets are associated with an overall lower incidence of colorectal cancers​
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OP31 Meat intake and cancer risk: prospective analyses in UK biobank
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Vegetarian Diets, Low-Meat Diets and Health: A Review - PubMed
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Position of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada: vegetarian diets.
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Diet and reproductive hormones: a study of vegetarian and nonvegetarian postmenopausal women.
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Vegetarian diets and the incidence of cancer in a low-risk population.
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Adoption of a plant-based diet by patients with recurrent prostate cancer.
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Diet, vegetarian food and prostate carcinoma among men in Taiwan.
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Effect of a vegan diet on biomarkers of chemoprevention in females.
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Plasma phospholipid fatty acids and prostate cancer risk in the SELECT trial.
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Calcium and fructose intake in relation to risk of prostate cancer.
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Dairy products, calcium, phosphorous, vitamin D, and risk of prostate cancer (Sweden)
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Hormones and diet: low insulin-like growth factor-I but normal bioavailable androgens in vegan men.
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Intake of carotenoids and retinol in relation to risk of prostate cancer.
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A prospective study of tomato products, lycopene, and prostate cancer risk
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Cohort study of diet, lifestyle, and prostate cancer in Adventist men
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Experimental evidence of dietary factors and hormone-dependent cancers
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Intake of fat, meat, and fiber in relation to risk of colon cancer in men
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A meta-analysis of studies of dietary fat and breast cancer risk
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Dietary patterns and breast cancer risk in the California Teachers Study cohort
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Vegetarian dietary patterns and the risk of colorectal cancers
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Vegetarian dietary patterns and the risk of breast cancer in a low-risk population
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Can Nutrition Lower the Risk of Recurrence in Breast Cancer?
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Plant-based diets help address the following health issues
The health benefits of eating plant-based include:
Methodology
There is an overwhelming volume of research to substantiate the detrimental effects of animal consumption and the benefits of a plant-based diet. We have included an abbreviated list of peer reviewed research articles as well as those by leading institutions. We have excluded industry-funded research articles (or at least listed as having industry funding or if a primary author has an industry affiliation). Please let us know if you see a lapse or additional research we should include.
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