The environmental and social arguments for decreasing animal based protein intake and increasing plant ones have been around for a while. And surely they have convinced some to make changes in their diets. But what about a health link? If you knew that eating more plant proteins as an adult would help you live longer would you do it?
Quick caveat, the researchers found this relationship was flipped for individuals under the age of five for whom animal proteins were associated with lower rates of mortality.
Andrews and colleagues (2025) found that adults across several countries had higher life expectancy when there were higher amounts of plant based proteins available compared to animal proteins and lower amounts of fat. These findings, which were developed by looking at supply and analyzing availability echo findings of other research that studied specific nutrient intake of individuals.
So, would you switch to a more vegetarian diet? What are your reasons to and not to.
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We are basically vegan mostly for health and environmental reasons. That said going vegan does NOT mean that your diet is healthy. And probably the reverse to some degree. Was not a difficult transition and we organically ( no pun intended) evolved in that direction.
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Posted by omarhopkins | April 18, 2025, 6:48 am