The Claim

Plant protein intake is not associated with a reduced risk of cancer mortality in adult populations.

Source: ASSOCIATIONS OF PROTEIN INTAKE WITH THE RISK OF ALL-CAUSE, CARDIOVASCULAR, AND CANCER MORTALITY: A META-ANALYSIS

What the research says

Supports is higher

Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.

Supports
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Challenges
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Correlation
1 study reviewed
In plain English

Eating plant-based proteins does not lower the chance of dying from cancer in adults.

See the scientific wording

Plant protein intake is not associated with reduced risk of cancer mortality in adult populations, based on pooled data from 28 prospective cohort studies, indicating that while plant protein may benefit cardiovascular health, it does not appear to significantly influence cancer-related death rates.

Why this might work

Eating plant protein does not change how fast cancer cells grow or how well the body's immune system detects and destroys them, so it does not lower the chance of dying from cancer.

Supported mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: ASSOCIATIONS OF PROTEIN INTAKE WITH THE RISK OF ALL-CAUSE, CARDIOVASCULAR, AND CANCER MORTALITY: A META-ANALYSIS

    Eating more plant protein doesn’t seem to help people live longer by preventing cancer deaths, according to a big study of 28 long-term health surveys. But it does help lower the risk of dying from heart disease.

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