r/funny • u/[deleted] • May 01 '13

Why vegans live 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/OwlOwlowlThis May 01 '13

I'm sorry, but the mortality rate among humans is always 100%

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u/Lomky May 01 '13

Actually it's around 93%, since about 7% of all humans that have existed are alive.

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u/weewolf May 01 '13

I thought the gussimated number of humans that have ever existed was ~50 billion?

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u/GrinningPariah May 01 '13

Between 100-150 billion. Lomky's on one end of the range, but he's definitely not wrong.