@bezmar Scientific Consensus: One of the best ways to improve our longevity is to reduce our risk of life limiting dietary related illnesses.
Scientific Consensus: Vegan & vegetarian diets lower the risk of a myriad of life limiting dietary illnesses.
So what’s that mean for the individual?
That he has the power to improve his life expectancy via a change in diet; should he choose.
I know there are articles in science magazines that have concluded a vegan or vegetarian diet is associated with improved longevity.
I also found a study that concluded it’s not “necessarily” associated with longevity but that made me laugh. Because they’re not able to study what matters most (for reasons that should be extremely obvious). And that’s whether or not a vegan or vegetarian diet improves their lifespan.
To simplify, it doesn’t matter to the vegan or vegetarian if they outlive their meat eating neighbors, only that they improve their own lifespan.