3. Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian Diet
This type of diet is basically a vegan diet in which you can also consume eggs and dairy. So, if lacto-ovo vegetarian diet sounds good to you, you may want to “include plenty of plant foods like dry beans, lentils, soy foods, and nuts and seeds, since they provide protein along with a different array of vitamins, minerals, and protective phytocompounds,” Collins says.
“Evidence from long-term observational population studies shows that Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian diets are consistently linked to lower risk of cancer compared to diets that include meat and fish more than once a week,” she adds. In fact, in a large U.S. study, compared to non-vegetarian diets, Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian diets were also linked with lower risk of overall gastrointestinal tract cancers, such as colorectal cancer.
