Any Vegetarians/Vegans here?

[bennyboy]

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.

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.

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.