At this point we're beating a dead horseradish. Pretty much every study says the less meat, the healthier
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there doesn't seem to be anything here
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A point missing from the headline:
While being vegetarian appeared to be protective overall, the scientists also found that those who follow a vegetarian diet had nearly double the risk of the most common type of cancer of the oesophagus, known as squamous cell carcinoma, compared with meat eaters. This may be due to vegetarians being deficient in key nutrients such as B vitamins, the team suggested.
So you can just choose what kind of cancer you want by altering your diet.
I feel like we're just gonna end up back where we always do, with moderation being the best policy. Don't eat too much of any one thing but eat some of everything.
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Brace yourselves for all the meat eaters suddenly getting extremely defensive...
I haven't gone full vegetarian but I eat vegetarian meals a lot
These studies aren't very useful without considering the base rate. From Google, the lifetime risk for men for pancreatic cancer is about 1.8% (1.7% for women). the article said vegetarians had 21% less chance, which means it's a 1.4% chance.
To me this smells like a study with a lot of data massaging to get something publishable.
Okay, but who wants to live a long life these days? Do you have any idea how many crises I would have to go through just for choosing a healthy lifestyle? No, gentlemen, I will not give up carbonara in exchange for more years of life.
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Quality over quantity, baby
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