Summarising a 2011 Health Prospect paper by Mahato, the piece distinguishes vegan, lacto- and lacto-ovo-vegetarian diets and relays claims that vegetarians are less likely to be overweight or to develop cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and stroke.
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Vegan
- All desks
- Abortion
- Accutane
- Acetaminophen
- Acid Reflux
- Acidic Foods
- Acne
- Acrylamide
- Acupuncture
- Additives
- ADHD
- Adiposity
- Advisories
- Aerobic Exercise
- Aflatoxin
- Agave
- Agent Orange
- Aging
- Agriculture
- AIDS
- Air Pollution
- Airline Passengers
- Airport
- ALA
- Alcohol
- Alcoholic Beverage
- Alerts
- Allergy
- Alli
- Aloe Vera
- ALS
- Alternative Medicine
- Aluminum
- Alzheimer's
- Amalgam
- AMD
- Ampyra
- Amygdala
- Anal Cancer
- And
- Anemia
- Angiogenesis
- Animal Protein
- Animals
- Anorexia
- Anthocyanins
- Anthrax
- Anti-Angiogenesis
- Anti-Obesity
- Antibacterial
- Antibiotic
Heart & Blood
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Diet
Vegan Diet Reduces Breast Cancer Risk
Among 308 women at high genetic risk of breast cancer, those with the highest IGF-I levels had 3.5 times the risk of those with the lowest, and BRCA1 or BRCA2 carriers with high IGF-I were seven times more likely to develop the disease. Larger studies would be needed to confirm it.
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