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Diet is a critical factor to individual health.

Among these concerns are cancers of the digestive system, such as colon cancer.

In short, eating your veggies is protective in a metaphorically similar way to a seatbelt or sunscreen.

Study Finds Plant-Based Diets Protective Against Digestive Cancers

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The studies they collected included a total of 3,059,009 subjects.

The results of the studies were meta-analyzed for effect sizes and confidence intervals.

Essentially, the researchers wanted to collect the already discovered correlations between different populations and incidences of cancer.

Study Finds Plant-Based Diets Protective Against Digestive Cancers

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Aneoplasmis abnormal tissue mass which grows in ways it shouldn’t.

They can be cancerous or benign.

The correlation between vegan and other plant-based diets was compared using Z-tests, and the results showed no difference.

Do you have to go vegan to reap these benefits?

A study has discovered that plant-based diets are protective against a variety of digestive system cancers.