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Coronary heart disease rates were also According to this study - reduced
significantly lower - 34% for men and consumption of any meat decreases the
20% for women. incidence of colon cancer. Additionally -
eating legumes offers protection against
Adventist Health Study (AHS-1) -
that disease.
conducted between 1974 and 1988
involved 34000 Adventists from Eating nuts several times a week can
California - all of them over 25 years of reduce the risk of a heart attack by up
age. This study was designed to to 50%. And eating tomatoes by men -
establish what offers protection from reduced the risk of prostate cancer by
disease. The results were very 40%. Drinking soy milk more than once
promising - the average life span of a day reduced the risk of prostate
Adventist men was 7.3 years longer and cancer by 70%.
women - 4.4 years longer than other
Adventist Health Study 2 (AHS-2) by
Californians. Participants ate plant based
Loma Linda University School of Public
diet, did not smoke, ate nuts several
Health is a current study, which started
times a week, exercised regularly and
in 2002 - involving 96000 participants
were within a healthy weight range. This
from America and Canada. So far the
lifestyle was shown to increase the
reports confirm that veganism protects
length of their lives by up to 10 years.
against obesity and type 2 diabetes and
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