Meat reduction good for the heart

27 March 1998

Meat reduction ‘good for the heart’

THE Imperial Cancer Research Fund said that giving up eating meat reduced the risk of dying from heart disease by almost 25%.

But it made no difference to the risk of developing a fatal bowel cancer. The research was based on a survey of all the data available on deaths among vegetarians.

The research is published today in Public Health Nutrition.

• The Times 27/03/98 page 4