How did Linda McCartney get cancer if Vegetarians do not get cancer?

Question

I heard Vegetarians do not get cancer, how come she died of Cancer, she was one of the most famous Vegetarians

Answer 1

There's no evidence that vegetarians don't get cancer. There are some cancers that cannot be prevented but others can.

Answer 2

There is no real evidence that vegetarians do not get cancer. Some types such are bowel cancer are less common in vegetarians but other cancers have the same frequency

Answer 3

You heard wrong.



There are very few proven links between diet (any diet, any food) and any of the 200+ types of cancer. And (like 'meat causes cancer'), 'vegetarianism/veganism prevents/treats/cures cancer' isn't one of those very few proven links.



After almost a lifetime as a vegetarian and almost nine years as a vegan I was diagnosed with stage 3 grade 3 breast cancer (that's advanced and aggressive).



Through cancer support networks, I met six other vegans with cancer (one a lifelong vegan), several dozen vegetarians with cancer, and several hundred meat-eaters with cancer. This pretty much reflects the percentages of each group in society in general; fewer vegans than non-vegans are diagnosed with cancer simply because fewer people are vegan, simple as that.



A diet high in red and processed meat is known to be a major risk factor for colorectal cancers; such a diet is also thought to be a possible risk factor for stomach cancer; and a diet high in meat and fat is thought to be a possible risk factor for pancreatic cancer.



There have been a couple of studies whose findings suggest that a diet high in dairy might be a possible risk factor for prostate cancer.



That's it for the known or suspected links between meat and dairy and the 200+ types of cancer. The fact is that nobody knows what causes cancer, and by the same token nobody can tell you how to prevent it. Cancer is a largely random disease.



Linda McCartney had breast cancer. Neither meat nor dairy are established as risk factors for breast cancer. The biggest risk factor for breast cancer is being a female, the second biggest is being over 50. One in eight women will develop breast cancer over a lifetime of around 80 years, and 80% of those women will be over 50. Linda McCartney was in her 50s when she was diagnosed with cancer.

Answer 4

Cancer is not only due to meat consumption. The risk increases by eating GMO fruits and vegetables and other foods, by living next to a polluted area, by smoking, by having someone in the family who had it (eg. Breast cancer) etc.

Answer 5

In my opinion fake food like those imitation fpodstuff to resemble real meat, substitute, additives, preservative, pesticides, coloring and other stuff like rennet example in firming up tofu with sekko piwder or lan/chemicallt food flavoring etc all constitute to cause diseases and health issues. Of course most times, you can predict birth and not death.

Answer 6

Some people have genes that predispose them to illness even though they eat healthy and are vigilant about healthful living. Exposure to different environmental issues can play a factor (ie pollution, car exhaust, etc.)

Answer 7

Being vegetarian or even vegan is not a magic pill against cancer. There are many things that can cause cancer, including having eaten meat earlier in life, environmental factors, smoking (which I understand she did), and genetics. Women who have a family history of breast cancer, which is what she died of, have a greater risk of getting breast cancer themselves, no matter how well they eat.

Answer 8

You can be vegan AF, but if you smoke, go out in the sun often sans sunscreen, drink toxic waste, or just have bad genes, you can get cancer.

Answer 9

because vegans or vegetarians not getting cancer isn't true, thats how.

Answer 10

Anyone can get cancer you silly goose, even the incredible "militant vegans", capiche?

Answer 11

anyone can get cancer: depends on your immune system

Answer 12

If veg*ns don't eat a healthy balanced diet they have the same rate of heart disease and deaths than people who have an omnivorous diet. Maybe she just ate vegan junk food which caused her cancer.



So if your a veg*n but eat rubbish food it makes no difference, as to why see the video, in my source, by a Dr. M. Greger who is a health director at HSUS.



Also, 10% of cancers have a generic component which is inherent.

Answer 13

Anyone can "get cancer", unfortunately.

Answer 14

Just proves the point that much of the propaganda put out by veg[etari]ans [individuals and organisations] is false, and veg[etari]ans are as susceptible as others.

Answer 15

If you believe that, then you are an idiot. Grow up.

Answer 16

Well what you heard is very wrong.

Answer 17

First of all, it's VEGANs, not vegetarians, who have lower RATES of cancer. This does not mean that none of them get cancer, only that fewer do. Linda McCartney was not a vegan. She was a vegetarian. Due to the higher dairy consumption of some vegetarians, an argument could be made for vegetarians having higher rates of certain cancers (breast and ovarian, certainly). But again, one vegetarian, or more to the point, vegan, getting cancer doesn't disprove the fact of lower overall cancer rates. It could be that Linda McCartney didn't consume much dairy, but she just had a genetic predisposition to cancer. It happens.

Answer 18

She was a meat eater when she was younger! If Im' not mistaken! Cancer can show up years later!

Answer 19

who told you Vegetarians do not get cancer?

and, she had breast cancer, not colon.

meat eaters have a higher rate of colon cancer

Answer 20

vegitarians can get cancer, its vegans that cant