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TL;DR: Avoiding meat causes a reduction in the risk of digestive cancers between 12% and 30%
by causi 4y ago
TL;DR: Avoiding meat causes a reduction in the risk of digestive cancers between 12% and 30%
- cies 4y agoIs that per type of digestive cancer? They were testing 5 different ones.
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y agoAnd apparently, the risk of getting just colon cancer in your lifetime is ~4%: https://www.cancer.org/cancer/colon-rectal-cancer/about/key-statistics.html#:~:text=Lifetime%20risk%20of%20colorectal%20cancer,25%20(4.0%25)%20for%20women https://www.cancer.org/cancer/colon-rectal-cancer/about/key-.... So a potential ~30% reduction in 5 different types is not exactly non-trivial.
- biomcgary 4y agoMore accurate TL;DR: Reporting on an annual diet survey that you avoid meat is associated with a reduction in the risk of digestive cancers between 12% and 30%.