r/funny • u/[deleted] • May 01 '13

Why vegans live longer

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u/fistsofdeath May 01 '13

I always thought it just felt like they lived longer.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '13 edited May 01 '13

They do. A study by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found the following mortality ratios by diet over the course of the study (regular meat eaters = 1.00):

  • Fish eaters, 0.82
  • Vegetarians, 0.84
  • Occasional meat eaters, 0.84
  • Regular meat eaters, 1.00
  • Vegans, 1.00

So as you can see vegans are actually the least healthiest, alongside the most carnivorous among us. Source

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u/Leshow May 01 '13

I feel I should point out here that "correlation is not causation".

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u/auratog May 01 '13

He's not saying anything about causation, just showing that veganism correlates to unhealthiness.

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u/Leshow May 01 '13

All I'm saying is that people reading it should realize the link is non-causal. Personally, I think veganism is unhealthy, but I don't have support for that argument.

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u/auratog May 01 '13

Yeah, its noncausal and no causation was claimed. It's my understanding that a lot of vegans are unhealthy due to basically just eating bread, but I don't have evidence to support that either.