A vegetarian diet has led to a gene mutation that may make Indians more susceptible to inflammation and by association increased risk of heart disease and colon cancer says a study. Researchers from Cornell University analysed frequencies of the mutation in 234 primarily vegetarian Indians and 311 US individuals. They found the gene variant associated with a vegetarian diet in 68 percent of the Indians and in just 18 percent of Americans. The findings appeared in the online edition of the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution. By using reference data from the 1000 Genomes Project the research team provided evolutionary
