英国1项大型研究显示,与肉食者相比,素食者罹患心脏病的风险低大约三成。这项研究为少吃肉有益健康又添一证据。牛津大学的弗朗西丝卡·克罗和同事随访了4.5万名英国人,他们都是20世纪90年代“牛津大学欧洲癌症与营养前瞻性调查”的参与者。参与者报告自己的饮食、生活习惯和健康状况,其中34%为素食主义者,日常饮食不含肉类和鱼类。至2009年,随访对象中1235人经诊断为 A large British study shows that vegetarians have about a 30% lower risk of heart disease than meat-eaters. This study adds yet another piece of evidence on the health benefits of eating less meat. Francesca Crowe and colleagues at the University of Oxford followed 45,000 Britons, all of whom were participants in the 1990s “Oxford Prospective European Survey on Cancer and Nutrition.” Participants reported their diet, habits and health, 34% of them were vegetarians and their diet did not contain meat and fish. By 2009, 1235 of the follow-up subjects were diagnosed as