​Vegetarians may have a low tendency of developing liver cancer.
This study assessed the relationship between following a vegetarian-based dietary lifestyle and the likelihood of developing liver cancer. A group of researchers examined the diets and tracked the liver cancer incidence rates of 132,837 Chinese men and women recruited from the Shanghai's Men Health Study and Shanghai's Women Health Study cohorts.
The research team discovered that individuals on vegetarian diets rich in legumes, lettuce, celery, mushroom, and allium vegetables had low chances of developing liver cancer. In contrast, high intake of meat and fruits was found to have no significant effect on liver cancer risk in this study. Data from this study suggest that strict adherence to a vegetarian dietary lifestyle may contribute positively to the prevention of liver cancer.