On the MSN homepage right now -

Do Vegetarians Live Longer - Truth or Scare?

[msnvideo.msn.com]

"The average American who eats meat lives to 78; the average vegetarian who doesn't lives to 84."

Definitely truth, there are at least two other mass studies that have been done on vegetarians vs. meat eaters which came to the same conclusion.

[english.pravda.ru] - Done on 120,000 people

[www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov] - Done on 73,308 people

Well, it's a good concise video to send to your friends and family to either annoy them or support them depending on how they eat. They'll appreciate it

Cannot watch video but are we talking about raw vegetarians?
How would most vegetarian eating cooked beans do better than meat eaters?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/31/2014 06:09PM by RawPracticalist.

powerlifter Wrote:
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> A fairer comparison for me would have been a
> traditional greek mediterranean diet(another
> proven longevity/cardiovascular disease
> preventative diet, but also contains animal foods)
> VS a vegetarian diet(low animal foods but majority
> plant based also).

And to make it fairer still, let's have all the study participants live in same Mediterranean seaside place where many of the other factors which, IMO, the Mediterranean Diet is heavily reliant upon, are equalized.
>
> There is a fair amount of research on both of
> these diets health benefits, from what ive seen
> the mediterranean diet still beats the typical
> vegetarian diet research because it is richer in
> vitamin B12, omega-3s such as EPA/DHA, vitamin D,
> zinc, overall better nutritional balance and still
> contains a similar amount of fiber rich and
> antioxidant rich plant foods.

My B12, tested last year, is just under 500 without B12 supplements. I have never been deficient in B12 even though I haven't eaten meat for most of my life.

While eating organically grown food might not be all it's cracked up to be in many people's minds I feel it is still worth the money if the only real benefit is that growing food organically does not destroy crucial soil microorganisms.

Dead ag soils? No B12. Period.

powerlifter Wrote:
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> A vegetarian diet is likely to be healthier than
> the average meat eaters by default, because the
> individual is actively trying to make the majority
> of the diet plant based, which is the basic
> template of any healthy diet

your templates are outdated or distorted