Any Vegetarians/Vegans here?

[James2014]

That is not evidence - it is anecdotes. This is science.

According to pure vegetarian ideologists, people consuming vegetarian diet have better health and live longer than nonvegetarians, because persons consuming milk, dairy products, meat, eggs and fish are at health risk. In fact the most healthy people in Europe are inhabitants of Iceland, Switzerland and Scandinavia, consuming great amounts of food of animal origin. Meta-analysis of several prospective studies showed no significant differences in the mortality caused by colorectal, stomach, lung, prostate or breast cancers and stroke between vegetarians and "health-conscious" nonvegetarians.

New studies show that even when you control for physical activity level, overall calorie intake, BMI, and smoking (amongst a host of other factors) a vegetarian diet (including vegan) still reduces mortality, so its not just down to how health conscious an individual is. The nurse study showed the same thing. As for why those countries have a good health but also eat lots of meat, those countries also have very good health care systems. To be able to draw any conclusions from their good health however one would have to take into account many of the factors that I mentioned were controlled for in the study I posted above.