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Prostate Cancer, Meat Consumption, Vegetarian Diet
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Prostate Cancer and Vegetarian Diet

Prostate cancer has been strongly linked to meat consumption.

• In a study of nearly 48,000 men aged between 40 and 75, those eating red meat five or more times a week were 2.6 times more likely to suffer from prostate cancer than those who ate it once a week or less.
• Another study looked at the incidence of prostate cancer amongst 14,000 Seventh Day Adventists and found a relationship between increased risk and increasing animal product consumption.

Sources include:

Mills P K et al. (1988) Dietary habits and past medical history as related to fatal pancreas cancer risk among Adventist men. Cancer v.61 (12). p.2578-85.

Mills, P K et al. (1989) Cohort study of diet, lifestyle and prostate cancer in Adventist men. Cancer v.64 (3) p.598-604.

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