Swapping dairy for soya could prevent cancer
- Researchers from the University of Ghent discovered a vegan diet could help to prevent several cancers, as well as diabetes, heart disease and stroke
- Opting for soya over dairy may reduce stomach cancer by up to 42 per cent
- Men’s prostate cancer risk was lowered by 30 per cent with a dairy-free diet
- Breast cancer’s risk was particularly reduced in postmenopausal women
- Eating high amounts of soya could also save £7 billion in annual health costs
Alexandra Thompson Health Reporter For Mailonline
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It’s the trendy lifestyle choice among hipsters, but eating a vegan diet could do wonders for your health.
Scientists at the University of Ghent found that swapping dairy for soya products could substantially reduce your risk of getting cancer.
Among those eating a soya-rich diet, the risk of developing colon cancer was reduced by 44 per cent in women and 40 per cent in men.
Women who swapped dairy for soya had a 42 per cent lesser risk of getting stomach cancer, while men’s risk was reduced by 29 per cent.
Cutting out dairy also reduced men’s prostate cancer risk by 30 per cent.
A vegan diet could lower colon cancer’s risk by 44 per cent in women and 40 per cent in men
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TOP TIPS FOR GOING VEGAN
1. Swap milk in your tea, coffee and cereal to a plant-based alternative
2. Add tinned pulses to soups, salads and veggie chilli
3. Make a cottage pie using lentils and beans
4. Make a veggie stew in a slow cooker
5. Make vegan pancakes using plant-based alternatives to milk
6. Make a crumble using a plant-based spread such as Flora Freedom
7. Eat a handful of nuts with 80% dark chocolate for a vegan snack
Source: Flora Freedom/Lucy Jones
Postmenopausal women who made the change were 36 per cent less likely to develop breast cancer, while premenopausal women had a 27 per cent reduced risk of developing the disease.
Their findings also revealed that a soya-based diet reduces the risk of diabetes by 28 per cent, coronary heart disease by 4 per cent and stroke by 36 per cent in women and 9 per cent in men.
It’s unclear why women appear to benefit from a vegan diet more than men.
The scientists also predicted that encouraging just 10 per cent of people to consume high amounts of soya-based products would save the UK £7 billion in health costs each year.
The Alpro Foundation sponsored the study, which analysed more than 20 years of research.
Ditching dairy may also stop the development of stomach, prostate, lung and breast cancers
Lead study author Dr Lieven Annemans, professor of health economics, Ghent University said: ‘Our research demonstrates that more plant-based eating patterns are cost-effective, reduce economic costs, such as hospital admissions and doctors’ bills, as well as increasing the number of healthy years people live, and enabling them to continue working.’
This comes after Spanish scientists discovered vegans are at a lower risk of developing diabetes.
Consuming animal products doubles the risk of developing the chronic condition, they found.
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