(February 19, 2014 at 2:40 pm)Bad Wolf Wrote:This is true. There are other correlations tied into this issue-- for example, people interested in special diets also tend to be more interested in exercise, which surely accounts for much of the difference.(February 19, 2014 at 1:20 pm)jg2014 Wrote: I quoted a number of studies which demonstrated that meat eating increased all cause mortality and indeed a number of specific diseases, including cancer and cardiovascular disease. Need I quote these again?
Well its obvious you haven't been reading the thread. And need I quote again? Correlation does not imply causation.
That being said, looking at the issue from a moral perspective, if you can't demonstrate a meaningful health advantage, or better mortality rates, then it makes more sense to go with the partly unknown effects of the vegetarian diet than the partly unknown effects of a meat-eating diet.