Every year, around 44,000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer in the UK, making it the fourth most common cancer. THE 6 CANCERS MITIGATED BY DIETPancreatic cancer Vegetarian: 21% Breast cancer Vegetarian: 9% lower riskPescatarian: 7% lower risk Prostate cancer Vegetarian: 12% lower riskPescatarian: 10% lower riskPoultry: 7% lower riskVegan: 20% lower risk Kidney cancer Vegetarian: 28% lower riskPescatarian: 27% lower risk Multiple myeloma Vegetarian: 31% lower risk Bowel cancer Vegan: 40% increased riskPescatarian: 15% lower risk AdvertisementAnd while bowel cancer rates have fallen among older adults, cases are rising at a worrying rate among younger, otherwise healthy people. 'This is not a simple story of veganism increasing cancer risk - it's a reminder that all diets must be nutritionally well designed.' Additives used to cure bacon have been shown to increase prostate cancer risk by a third, according to research published in the British Medical Journal. Vegetarians at lower risk of blood and kidney cancersVegetarians also had a 28 per cent lower risk of kidney cancer and 31 per cent lower risk of multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer.

Source: Daily Mail March 02, 2026 13:52 UTC