Originally Posted by
terrymorse
BS. Vegan -- if you supplement with B-12 -- can be a very healthy diet. There are many elite athletes who are vegan. I eat mostly vegan, and I (humbly) can hold my own in my age group.
Here's a rational thought: In the Adventist 2 Study of 25,105 men, those who ate vegan had fewer deaths than omnivores:
- 19% fewer deaths from cancer,
- 42% fewer deaths from cardiovascular disease,
- 55% fewer deaths from ischemic heart disease.
While I do not doubt that at all, and have not read this study, I am wondering about a little survivor bias here. To overly generalize, I would think that vegans have a more healthy lifestyle in general. If you think that much about what you eat, you probably also think about exercise, sleep and general safety. But maybe they controlled for those factors.
At what age were the folks in this study?