health effects of vegetarian diets

Vegetarian diets: "Gallstones
In a study of 800 women aged 40 to 69 years, nonvegetarians were more than twice as likely as vegetarians to suffer from gallstones (238). The relationship held even after controlling for the three known risk factors for gallstones: obesity, gender, and aging. "

"What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause," and gallstones

STLtoday - Entertainment - Books: "Dr. John Lee has revised and updated his popular book, 'What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause,' which originally was published in 1996. Lee, like Gittleman, is a proponent of balancing fluctuating hormones at menopause with natural hormones, which are known as bioidentical hormones. When Lee's book first came out, hormone replacement therapy was said to help protect menopausal women from heart disease, Alzheimer's and a host of other serious conditions. Now we know that 'the synthetic hormone cocktails increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, breast cancer and gallbladder disease,' Lee writes. "

Obesity and Gallbladder Disease

Health 24 - Diet, DietDoc's articles: "Obesity and diseases
Many chronic and potentially fatal diseases are all linked to obesity: If you are obese (BMI equal to or greater than 30), then the risk you run of developing the following diseases increases dramatically:"