The vegetarian diet
It has been discussed several times around the shortcomings and benefits of the vegetarian diet (discussions of which Federico has not left unharmed). However, now the lovers of plants appear to have a new data to argue in their favor.
A recent study by the University of Oxford, published by the British Journal of Cancer showed that those who follow a vegetarian diet have a 12 percent less chances of developing cancer. The figure rises to 45 per cent in the case of the blood.
Have been analyzed medical data of 61,000 people during a period of 12 years. The difference in favor of vegetarians was especially in favor in the variants of cancer of blood as leukemia and multiple myeloma. In turn, tumors in stomach and bladder seem to have narrowed being away from the meat.
Tim Key, who conducted the research stated: “If in general terms one of every three people develop a cancer in his life, we have to that occurs in 33 of 100; the figure was reduced to 29 if the whole world followed a strict vegetarian diet, which represents a 12 percent less.”
The consumption of fruits and vegetables are more than recommended. However, the researchers do not take the results as definitive and still does not warrant a change in diet really important. Bear in mind that these results are based on a study of the diet and do in other risk factors such as obesity or consumption of alcohol or tobacco.