Scientists in California have found that
vegetarians are less likely to die from any cause
or from cause-specific reasons, except for
cancer, compared to those who eat meat.
“Certain vegetarian diets are associated with
reductions in all causes of death as well as some
specific causes including heart disease, kidney-
related deaths and endocrine disease-related
death such as diabetes,” said lead researcher
Dr. Michael Orlich, a preventive medicine
specialist at Loma Linda University in Loma
Linda. The big question is why, and the study
wasn’t designed to answer that, Orlich noted.
“Reductions in meat in the vegetarian diet may
be part of it, but it may be due to higher
quantities of plant foods,” he added, although it
is also possible that vegetarians may lead more
healthy lives.
A report published in the journal JAMA Internal
Medicine showed that over the five-year study,
vegetarians were about 12 percent less likely to
die from any cause than their meat-eating
counterparts. And the survival edge seemed to
be stronger in men than women.
In addition, the researchers noted that
vegetarians tended to be older and more
educated, exercised more and were less likely to
drink alcohol or smoke than their carnivorous
counterparts.
The study also did not pinpoint which type of
vegetarian diet provides the greatest survival
benefit because the vegetarian diets were
compared to non-vegetarian diets only, not to
one another.
The research team now plans to look at the
patterns of food consumption seen in each
vegetarian diet.
“We want to see what they eat more or less of,
and then investigate the effect on mortality or
associated with specific foods,” Orlich said. “Are
there particular foods that account for most of
this apparent association. Is the lack of meat the
big issue, or is the amount of plant-based foods
responsible?”
Some scientists believe fibre in vegetarian diets
may be what’s driving the survival edge. They
say it’s not just fruit and vegetables, but all
types of fibre [including whole grains] that
seems to really reduce health risks.
The new study pushes the literature that science
is building about the impact that whole grains
and fruits and vegetables can have on health.
A nutritionist at Mount Sinai Medical Center in
New York City, noted that plant-based diets can
be beneficial only if they are done right. “You
need to make sure that you have a good nutrient
balance despite omission of certain or all animal
products,” she added.
For example, she said, some vegetarians may
overdo the carbohydrates and fats, which can
lead to weight gain and its associated health
problems.
This research follows a British study released in
January that showed vegetarians had about a
third less risk of hospitalization or death from
cardiovascular disease than meat-eaters did.
The study, reported in the American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition, included nearly 45,000
people from England and Scotland, about a third
of who were vegetarians. And the research
showed that the vegetarians had a 32 percent
lower chance of being hospitalized or dying from
heart disease. They also typically had lower
blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

Source - www.vanguardngr.com/2013/08/why-vegetarians-live-longer-than-meat-lovers/

Vegetarians maliciously starve animals by
competing with them for the same food.

Nonsense, no time to read crap, plant and animal are living thing, dey both live 4 a short while, ogbeni if is ur time to die dere is nothing to delay or alter it

I think vegetarians live longer because the higher quantities of plant food