Could Cut Risk of Prostate Cancer Men who eat a vegan diet have lower levels of a protein associated with prostate cancer, British scientists said. 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. 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.
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