Article: Vegetarians and colon cancer.(Scientific update: a review of recent scientific papers related to vegetarian)(Brief Article)

Article: Letters to the Editor: ; Meat eaters develop colon ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  March 17, 2000 ;     534 words ... ... of the developing world, colon cancer is increasing, in tandem ... show meat-eaters develop colon cancer at triple the rate vegetarians do. Diets high in fiber ... afford some protection against colon cancer. Fiber speeds digestion ...

Article: Colon cancer: diet may hold key to prevention of ...
Environmental Nutrition;  July 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... excellent--91% for colon cancer and 83% for related ... Direction. Because colon cancer develops slowly over ... designed to be primarily vegetarians. Our early ancestors ... low-fat diet can cut colon cancer risk in half. Moreover ...

Article: Dietary protection against colon cancer. ...
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... protective. (3) A vegetarian diet usually has these ... not surprising that vegetarian groups often have a reduced risk of colon cancer. (4) In one study ... Chang-Claude J. vegetarian diets and colon cancer: the German experience ...

Article: Colon Cancer Risk, Red Meat Linked; Disease 2 1/2 ...
The Washington Post;  December 13, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... appear to increase colon cancer risk, the study ... Americans develop colon cancer each year, and ... adopt a totally vegetarian lifestyle to ... until 1986. Colon cancer developed in ... participants were vegetarians. Fat contributes ...

Article: Preventing colon cancer.(usage of vitamin D in ...
Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... to have been colon cancer. To me, it ... studied were strict vegetarians living on boiled ... incidence of colon cancer was said to be ... incidence of colon cancer. This suggested ... the diet was vegetarian and free from ...

Article: Dinner event to highlight colon cancer risk ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  March 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... 50 and older to mark Colon Cancer Awareness Month. The ... Central DuPage Health Colon Cancer Screening Center and ... tomato over fettuccini or vegetarian sauteed portobello mushrooms ... participants to be aware that colon cancer is preventable, treatable ...

Article: Red and processed meat linked to colon ...
Vegetarian Journal;  May 1, 2005 ;     639 words ... ... higher risk of colon cancer than those eating ... increased risk of colon cancer. These results ... studies showing that vegetarians are at lower risk for colon cancer than are meat ... diabetes (See Vegetarian Journal, Issue ...