Health research
DNA Methylation
The way our genes are expressed varies according to our diet, this may help explain the lower risk of disease in vegans.
The UK’s leading vegan campaigning charity
The way our genes are expressed varies according to our diet, this may help explain the lower risk of disease in vegans.
Are you getting enough fibre in your daily diet? Probably not!
In the UK, one in two people born after 1960 will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime. Just four types of cancer (breast, prostate, lung and bowel) make up more than half of all cancers.
The results from the lung cancer section of the EPIC study examining the link between fruit and vegetable consumption and lung cancer showed that regular fruit and vegetable intake reduces the risk of lung cancer…
Berkow et al. (2007) reviewed studies on how diet influences the risk of prostate cancer and recovery in men who already have it. This led them to a conclusion that a diet high in saturated fat increases the risk of prostate cancer progression and death about three-fold compared to a diet low in saturated fat.
Just as a vegan diet is the healthiest diet for infants, children, women and older people, it is also the healthiest diet for men. There is no magic ingredient in meat or dairy that benefits men’s health.
