[490] in Vegetarian_Support_Group
Re: red meat and cancer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lewis Haddow)
Tue Apr 11 07:32:40 1995
From: Lewis Haddow <9235367@arran.sms.ed.ac.uk>
To: vsg@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 12:30:28 +0000
> Other studies have shown that vegetarians have a lower rate of cancer
> and
> heart disease than meat-eaters. But researchers said it was not clear if
> this
> was because they ate more fruits and vegetables or because they did not eat
> meat, or a combination of the two.
>
>
I think that the statistics that show lower incidence of cancer in
vegetarians are exaggerated.
Older vegetarians are most likely to become veggie for health
reasons. It is in older vegetarians that differences in cancer
statistics are most likely to show up, vegetarianism being a new
thing. And any older person willing to give up meat is likely to
indulge in other health-giving activities such as regular exercise,
not smoking, less drinking, and so on. So how do we separate the
effects of vegetarianism from the general effects of a healthy
lifestyle?
love,
Lewis
