Most people understand that eating vegetarian leads to a healthier life. Now, more research indicates that the health benefits are greater than have been assumed. Experts say, in fact, we may be underestimating the benefits of eating plant-based foods.
“We have just been doing some calculations looking at the question of how much could we reduce mortality [by] shifting toward a healthy, more plant-based diet — not necessarily totally vegan — and our estimates are [that] about one-third of early deaths could be prevented,” Dr. Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard Medical School, said during a medical conference in Vatican City late last month.
Massive amounts of research all points to the same fact: a vegetarian diet is tightly linked to a lower risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity, cancer, and chronic diseases.
“We have just been doing some calculations looking at the question of how much could we reduce mortality [by] shifting toward a healthy, more plant-based diet — not necessarily totally vegan — and our estimates are [that] about one-third of early deaths could be prevented,” Dr. Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard Medical School, said during a medical conference in Vatican City late last month.
Massive amounts of research all points to the same fact: a vegetarian diet is tightly linked to a lower risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity, cancer, and chronic diseases.
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