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Study finds no link between meat diet and increased cancer risk

Researchers in the Netherlands say that a diet consisting of mostly meat products does NOT increase a risk for certain cancers.

A study published by the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition says more than 11,000 adults, between the ages of 55 and 69 were evaluated over a 20-year period. Participants included self-classified vegetarians, average and above-average meat eaters.

Over 20 years, researchers documented rates of lung, breast, and prostate cancer among the participants. They also took into account outside factors, such as smoking which may contribute to increased risk for cancers.

The independent study concluded that vegetarians, low-meat eaters and pescetarians, people who don’t eat meat but do eat fish did NOT have a reduced risk of certain cancers when compared to individuals who consumed meat on a daily basis. Those cancers are: lung, postmenopausal breast and prostate cancer.