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Vegetarian diet can slash risk of five cancers by up to 30%, study finds

Analysis of 1.8 million people shows vegetarian diets reduce risk of five cancers by up to 30%, but vegans face higher bowel cancer risk possibly due to nutrient deficiencies.

  • On Feb 27, University of Oxford researchers published in the British Journal of Cancer pooled data from over 1.8 million people showing vegetarian diets linked to reductions in five cancers by 30%.
  • Researchers suspect reduced red and processed meat and meat-specific compounds explain lower risks, but observational cohorts recruited at least 10 years ago limit causation vs association claims.
  • Sample breakdown shows vegetarians had 21% lower pancreatic cancer and 9% lower breast cancer risk, based on 1,645,555 meat eaters, 57,016 poultry-eaters, and 63,147 vegetarians.
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wcrf.org broke the news in on Friday, February 27, 2026.
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