Benefits of vegetarian diet….

British scientists strongly claimed about 14% less risk of cancer in vegetarians than non-vegetarian eaters… 

Now the world is returning towards vegetarian foods after observing the benefits...

Many doctors and health experts of the world support a vegetarian diet. According to them, the blood pressure and cholesterol level in the body remains normal on eating vegetarian foods. This diet keeps away many serious diseases like hypertension, obesity, and type-2 diabetes. Recently, in a study by the World Cancer Research Fund, Cancer Research UK, and Oxford Population Health, vegetarians have a lower risk of cancer than non-vegetarians. This study has been published in the journal BMC Medicine. 

Research has been done on more than 4.5 lakh people the people who eat meat and fish were divided into different categories. The diet pattern of these people was followed for 11.4 years. In the first group, there were people who ate non-veg for 5 or more days a week. These people used to eat all kinds of non-veg, from red meat to chicken. The second group consisted of people who ate meat five or fewer days a week. The third group was placed in those who were pescatarians, that is, only fish eaters. In the fourth and last group, such vegetarians were kept, who never ate meat and fish i.e. non-veg.

Harm from non-veg: Scientists found that the risk of any cancer decreases by 2% in those who eat less non-veg compared to people who eat regular non-veg. The risk is 10% lower in pescatarians and 14% lower in vegetarians. The risk of colon cancer was also found to be 9% lower in those who ate less meat. Vegetarian women were found to have an 18% lower risk of breast cancer after menopause. The reason for this can be considered normal weight. The risk of prostate cancer was found to be 20% lower in pescatarians and 31% less in vegetarians than non-vegetarians. 

What do experts say?  Experts say that the vegetarian diet reduces the risk of colorectal cancer by 22%. Also, it reduces the overall risk of getting any cancer by 10 to 12%. Therefore, a vegetarian diet is considered good for health.

FSSAI also supports a plant-based diet: The Food and Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) also supports eating vegetarian foods.

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