The -latest pamphlet issued by the Ministry of Health on
Calker, which is entitled "Diet and Cancer," contains a study of -the incidence of cancer among the members of certain religious orders. The point was to inquire whether cancer is as common among a class of persons who live frugally; and in some cases are vegetarians, as it is -amang Other classes. The conclusion of the inquirers IS that 'the. belief- that 'people who eat little or no meat and who lead simple and -regular lives are more • free than others from cancer cannot be substantiated on the evidence collected. It is admitted that the inquiry was of its nature inconclusive ; but, at all events, the inquiry helps to show how little reliance can be placed on the glib assertions that this or that sort of food is the actual cause of cancer.
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