Interesting & Lifesaving Studies

Number of lives lost to colon cancer
each year in the U.S.:
55,000

Risk of colon cancer for women who eat red meat daily
compared to those who eat it less than once a month:
250% greater

Risk of colon cancer for people who eat red meat once a week
compared to those who abstain:
38% greater

Risk of colon cancer for people who eat poultry once a week
compared to those who abstain:
55% greater

Risk of colon cancer for people who eat poultry four times a week
compared to those who abstain:
200–300% greater

Risk of colon cancer for people who eat
beans, peas or lentils at least twice a week
compared to people who avoid these foods:
50% lower

JOHN ROBBINS
American author,
Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Diet for a New America,
(excerpt from The Food Revolution, Conari Press 2000)