Generally Speaking, today at least in Western countries, eating a vegetarian diet is more healthy for most people, because in Western countries, people eat too much high-fat diets than vegetables. Scientific studies have shown that healthy vegetarian diet – naturally low in saturated fat, high in fiber, and replete with cancer-protective phytochemicals helps prevent cancers. According to large studies in England and Germany, vegetarians are about 40 percent less likely to develop cancer compared to meat-eaters. According to another study, vegetarians are 12% less likely to get cancer than meat-eaters. In Japan, a scientific report shows that Japanese women who follow Western-style, meat-based diets are eight times more likely to develop breast cancer than women who follow a more traditional plant-based diet.