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Vegan Diet May Cut Risk of Prostate Cancer



Men who eat a vegan diet have lower levels of a protein associated with prostate cancer, British scientists said Thursday.

Researchers at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in Oxford said that while further investigation was needed, their findings suggested that a diet without meat or dairy products could reduce the risk of contracting the deadly disease.

Earlier studies have suggested that high levels of IGF-I-- an insulin-like growth factor -- could play a key role in causing prostate cancer.

The Oxford study of 696 British men found IGF-I levels were nine percent lower in vegans than in meat-eaters and seven percent lower than in vegetarians. Meat-eaters were defined as men who ate meat on most days of the week.

The study, published in this week's British Journal of Cancer, also said previous research had found prostate cancer rates were generally lower in countries with low consumption of meat and dairy products.

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in British men. Each year, the disease kills about 9,500 men and about 21,000 new cases are diagnosed.
  

(From China Daily)

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