Vegetarians Live Longer?

Long life…Does it really matter that much? Oh well- in a society into themselves, it might just work.

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[quote]sinnaman18 wrote:
I just heard a statistic, i don’t have a source, but its from this movie that my parents were watching: “Vegetarians live 8 years longer on average, have less health problems… etc”

Thoughts?

-M[/quote]

9 years longer than what? someone that eats fast food three times a day and finishes it off with half a pound cake before bed? or your typical T-Nation reader that eats clean?

I would bet that people that pay attention to their diet live on average 8 years longer. Vegetarians fall into that category. Most of us fall into that category, I would bet.

Even my wierd diet probably falls into that category. I call T-Dawg 3.0 It’s basically T-Dawg 2.0 but with Ice Cream 2 or 3 nights a week.

What can I say? You can only do what you can do…

RB