Longevity: Strong Evidence Supporting Plant-Based Diet Healthiness
Nutrition is a young science but more and more work is being published that shows that a plant-based diet may be the healthiest. On the topic of longevity, for example, a 1976-1988 study of 34,000 Seventh-Day Adventists [reference 1] showed that vegetarians live seven years longer than meat eaters and vegans live eight years longer than meat eaters. But it's not just years; research [reference 2] also shows evidence of thirteen additional healthy years of life for vegetarians – animal products impede immune system, decrease energy, speed up cognitive and sexual dysfunction, and clog arteries.
--Dilip Barman, www.dilip.info
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There are some attention-grabbing cut-off dates on this article however I dont know if I see all of them heart to heart. There's some validity but I'll take maintain opinion until I look into it further. Good article , thanks and we want more! Added to FeedBurner as effectively VPXL spoonerism Herbal Phentermine recitation Geriforte nervosity REM Again Man
I think many vegetarians and vegans also have a higher quality of life than meat-eaters. Being less bogged down by the health and ethical implications of meat-eating can lower your quality of life.
Go vegan for a better life :)
I agree on the ethical aspect...but in regards to healthier? Biology and evolution would disagree. Eating a lean piece of chicken is good for you. This is known.
convincing studies have suggested otherwise. Check out the china study for one example.
http://www.thechinastudy.com/about.html
Another thing to keep in mind is that studies usually are comparing a lean piece of chicken to some other diet, and that other diet is important. If it's compared to a diet of processed food (soda, doritos, McDonalds, etc) then it is better, but that does not mean that it is the healthiest or that it does not have negative effects.
typo, sorry