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International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:543-545
© International Epidemiological Association 2003

Special Theme: Nutrition

Commentary: Protection from stroke by eating animal foods? Surely not!

Gary Fraser

Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA.

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Many vegetarians, like myself have almost come to expect the data to indicate that they have an advantage, whatever the disease that is being considered. Thus, it is disquieting to find evidence in a quite different direction for at least one subtype of stroke. This evidence is not yet compelling and has some inconsistencies, but cannot easily be dismissed. Could it really be true, as the data presented by Sauvaget et al. in this edition of the International Journal of Epidemiology suggest, that eating more animal products reduces risk of some types of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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