Heart Valve in my Pastie!!!

Jo1234_2

black-saturn wrote:

I was a veggie for 11 years but I went back to eating meat because I was falling ill too much.

It doesnt make you live longer it just seems like it

Research would say different

Fifer

Jo1234 wrote:

Research would say different

That's debatable.

From Wiki (references listed in article):

Vegetarian diet and longevity
Some question the claims of better health in vegetarians. The study "Mortality in British vegetarians: review and preliminary results from EPIC-Oxford" [32] concluded that lower mortality in British vegetarians was best explained by behaviours other than their non-consumption of meat. The review states that "British vegetarians have low mortality compared with the general population. Their death rates are similar to those of comparable non-vegetarians, suggesting that much of this benefit may be attributed to non-dietary lifestyle factors such as a low prevalence of smoking and a generally high socio-economic status, or to aspects of the diet other than the avoidance of meat and fish." A related review, "Mortality in vegetarians and nonvegetarians: detailed findings from a collaborative analysis of 5 prospective studies" [33], also tried to isolate lurking variables in 6 studies of vegetarian diets. The results suggested that the mortality ratio was the lowest in fish eaters (0.82) followed by occasional meat eaters and vegetarians (0.84) which was then followed by regular meat eaters (1.0) and vegans (1.0) [34]. As a group, vegetarians had a 24% lower mortality of ischemic heart disease compared to regular meat eaters.

Jo1234_2

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It's no secret that compared to average meat-eaters, vegetarians generally live longer, are less likely to be overweight, suffer far fewer incidences of cancer and heart disease, and have more energy. These facts have been consistently borne out by decades of scientific research. The largest epidemiological study ever conducted (the China-Oxford-Cornell study) concluded that those eating the amount of animal foods in a typical American diet have seventeen times the death rate from heart disease, and, for women, five times the rate of breast cancer, than those who get 5% or less of their protein from animal foods.

You’ll live longer. If you switch from the standard American diet to a vegetarian diet, you can add about 13 healthy years to your life, says Michael F. Roizen, MD, author of The RealAge Diet: Make Yourself Younger with What You Eat. “People who

consume saturated, four-legged fat have a shorter life span and more disability at the end of their lives. Animal products clog your arteries, zap your energy and slow down your immune system. Meat eaters also experience accelerated cognitive and sexual dysfunction at a younger age.

IS VEGETARIAN OR VEGAN THE HEALTHIEST DIET?

When looking for the healthiest diet, people often consider vegetarian diets. But are vegetarian diets the healthiest diets? There are two things we all know with certainty. First of all, more nutritious food, such as vegetables, beans, fruits, raw nuts, and seeds in the diet have dramatic effects at reducing the risk of both heart disease and most cancers. The other thing we know is that as animal products increase in a population's diet, the risk of both heart disease and cancer increase. It has been observed in multiple scientific studies that vegetarians have fewer heart attacks and less incidence of cancer than those on omnivorous diets

Fifer

As I said, it's debatable. There is evidence to support both arguments. The fact that vegetarians have fewer heart attacks and less incidence of cancer is not conclusive proof that this comes about by not eating meat. When you compare vegetarians to meat eaters with otherwise similar lifestyles, educational and social backgrounds, the differences in life expectancy evaporate. The evidence for vegetarianism is far from conclusive.

woohoo_postingid

Couldn't be a veggie







Don't like cauliflower cheese

hollydays

We dont eat a "typical american diet."

Eng-la-and!

Jo1234_2

hollydays

I can find a uk study if you really want me too

hollydays

Thanks but...

How many meat-eaters does it take to change a light bulb?

None.Cos they really dont want to see.

Good luck with your website

Jo1234_2

Thank you hollydays

You get paid for signing up lol

I first went veggie then vegan and will never look back many people think the only thing vegans live on is fruit and nuts that is not correct i think some people would be very surprised to find out the number of things that are vegan

xlt_hunter

Welcome to the real word of food processing, sorry i deal with thing like this day and out at the moment - we had a supply of mince in to where I work and you can see the tubes in the mince all chopped up.

The supermarket wasn't impressed when they found out. But thats the true nature now of food. They won't waste anything!