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Meat-free diet 'healthier'Date: 18/12/2007 12:03:07
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Vegetarian people could be healthier in the long-run than their carnivorous counterparts, one industry expert has claimed.
According to the Vegetarian Society, a meat-free diet is linked to several health benefits including a lower risk of getting heart disease, other obesity-related problems and less of an association with certain kinds of cancer.
Indeed, recent research by Professor Nick Day of Cambridge University and the European Prospective Study into Cancer states that vegetarians could suffer 40 per cent fewer cancers than the general population.
"Studies do consistently show that vegetarians are at a lower risk of getting heart disease, they tend to be lighter, so obesity related problems are reduced and vegetarians do tend to have lower rates of diabetes and certain cancers," a spokesperson for the Vegetarian Society explained
Although the spokesperson admitted that vegetarianism was "not a panacea" and that non-meat eaters still become ill, they added that a vegetarian lifestyle "does tick a lot of the right boxes".
"So many vitamins and minerals are found in fresh fruit and vegetables so, actually, vegetarians are more likely to be getting more of what they need."
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