Who is less likely to have bladder diseases?

A new study finds that vegetarian women are less likely to suffer from cystitis and diseases.

The researchers conducted a study at Tzu Chi University in Taiwan on more than 9,000 people, who followed them for about 10 years, to see whether vegetarians suffer from urinary tract infection and kidneys.

While other possible effects, such as age, gender and smoking, were taken into account, scientists note that people who follow the vegetarian system are 16 percent less likely to develop urinary tract infection, compared to people who consume meat.

Notably, the effects were greater for men, but women were generally more likely to develop cystitis.

Meat, especially chicken and pork, is believed to carry E. coli bacteria, which causes up to three quarters of cases of bladder infections.

The author of the study, at the University of Tzu Chi in Taiwan, Dr. Shen Lun Lin, recommends that women who suffer from frequent urinary tract infections try to change their diet and become veg.