![]() ![]() When Vegans Get Cancer . It’s unfair when anyone dies of cancer at such a relatively young age, but especially so when they are doing all of the right things—Gibb didn’t drink alcohol either—that should protect against this disease. ![]() I’ve lost three friends to colon cancer. Two were vegetarians who died in their early 5. ![]() It definitely feels a little surprising when vegans die from this disease, since there is very good evidence that diet affects colon cancer risk. Red and processed meats and excessive alcohol all increase risk while fiber appears to decrease it. The environment of vegetarians’ colons—the types of bacteria that live there, for example—is significantly different in ways that protect against cancer. One reader of this blog brought to my attention a study linking low vitamin B1. Depending on where Gibb was getting his nutrition information, this might have been a factor, although there is very little research on this. Alternatively, it’s possible that Gibb’s diet was low in calcium, which might have placed him at increased risk. Calcium regulates cell growth in ways that are thought to lower risk for certain cancers. There is evidence to support a protective effect of dairy foods on colon cancer risk, which is most likely due to the calcium content of these foods. It doesn’t mean that vegans should start drinking milk to reduce their colon cancer risk, but it does mean that it’s important to make sure you’re getting enough of this nutrient. ![]() A vegan diet increases your risk of vitamin deficiency and can be very harmful to a child exclusively fed with breast milk. Think a vegan diet is healthy? Learn the vegan diet dangers, and the negative effects on your WHOLE body. Veganism is both the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of. For me, the most persuasive evidence supporting a healthy vegan diet is anecdotal. The vegans who frequent Casa de Luz, my breakfast (and often lunch) destination. Comments for Hair Loss With a Vegan Diet? Click here to add your own comments. How to lose weight quickly and sustainably with no hunger, no calorie counting, no magic products and no exercise, eating real food. Raw vegan Annette Larkins at age 70 looks like she's in her 40's. I have been listening to your talk on the Diet Doctor You Tube video. I have been vegetarian for 26 years. I was put on the vegetarian diet for my. ![]() It’s popular to say that a vegan diet will make you “bullet proof” against disease. A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggested that removal of polyps through colonoscopy (advised for everyone after the age of 5. Vegans who erroneously believe that their diet guarantees that they won’t get colon cancer might not bother with this exam, thereby increasing their risk. I have no idea whether any of these considerations affected Robin Gibb. Sometimes despite following every recommendation for reducing cancer risk, people get cancer anyway. It is, after all, a hard disease to pin down. It develops over decades, and there is evidence that it’s what you ate 2. I doubt that Gibb was a vegan for all of his life (although at least one article said he had been vegan for decades). Even in late adulthood, of course, diet changes may affect the progression of cancer. Compounds in certain plant foods affect enzymes that allow tumors to spread, for example. So it’s never too late to start eating more healthfully. But, vegan diets are not “miracle” cures or guaranteed prevention and it’s a mistake to ever believe that they are. As always, the only true promise that comes with veganism is that it will remove your contribution to the use and abuse of animals. References cited in this article: Zimmer J, Lange B, Frick JS, et al. A vegan or vegetarian diet substantially alters the human colonic faecal microbiota. Dahlin AM, Van Guelpen B, Hultdin J, Johansson I, Hallmans G, Palmqvist R. Plasma vitamin B1. Int J Cancer 2. 00. Zauber AG, Winawer SJ, O’Brien MJ, et al. Colonoscopic polypectomy and long- term prevention of colorectal- cancer deaths. N Engl J Med 2. 01.
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