Increased life expectancy Vegetarians live almost four years longer

Regular consumption of red meat lowers our life expectancy
Our diet affects our health and therefore our life expectancy. The consumption of meat has been associated with some health issues for some time. These lead to the fact that the regular consumption of red meat generally reduces our life expectancy. Researchers from the United States have now found that people who give up meat live almost four years longer.

If you want to increase your life expectancy, they should think about their diet and possibly abstain from meat. Physicians from the respected Mayo Clinic have now discovered in an investigation that vegetarians live almost four years longer. The American scientists published the results of their study in the journal "The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association".

Fruits and vegetables are tasty and extremely healthy. Avoid regular meat consumption and your health will thank you. Incidentally, life expectancy is also increasing. (Image: lenets_tan / fotolia.com)

Long-term renunciation of meat in the diet increases our life expectancy
If you do not eat meat over a 17-year period, your life expectancy will increase by about 3.6 years, the authors explain in their study. The consumption of meat, especially red and processed meat, has been associated with a higher mortality rate. For their study, the physicians examined more than 1.5 million people. The physicians analyzed data from six older studies that had already investigated the effects of meat and vegetarian diets on human mortality. The researchers recommended that GPs should advise their patients in the future to limit the intake of animal products and generally eat more vegetables.

Results should lead to better prevention
The data have been supporting well-known statements about food and mortality for some time. Our diet has great potential to harm us. The right nutrition can also be healthy and prolong our life expectancy, explain the doctors. The results of the new study could play an important role in advising patients. Improved advice along with healthy diets could lead to better prevention, an important factor in the osteopathic philosophy of medicine, say the experts. Red meat generally significantly increases the risk of dying earlier and lowers our overall life expectancy. In addition, the increased regular consumption of meat has been associated with cardiovascular disease in the past, the researchers report. The physicians also examined in their study the data of 500,000 people who had a very low meat consumption. They found that in these individuals the mortality rate was about 25 percent lower over the study period compared to other consumers who ate a lot of meat. Thus, it is clear that the regular consumption of meat is not advisable if you want to live a long and healthy life. The conclusion is: do not eat meat daily and try to eat more vegetables. (As)