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Re:Animal protein intake is inversely associated with mortal... by throwaway_2009 on Thursday December 16, 2021 @10:41PM (#29587421)
The idea that a wholly vegetarian or vegan diet is healthier than sometimes eating meat is extremely questionable.

It completely flies in the face of common sense and only really makes any headway at all due to the "everyone should do less" variety of environmentalism.

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Re:Animal protein intake is inversely associated with mortal... by mint2 on Friday December 17, 2021 @12:12AM (#29588083)
The population used for this study doesn’t seem ideal for studying the impact of being vegetarian

> A prospective cohort study including 1,139 community-dwelling older adults (mean age 75 years, 56% women) living in Tuscany, Italy, followed for 20 years

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