IF YOU fancy living longer, it’s time to put the hamburger down, a new study has revealed.
Experts have suggested that going vegetarian could add nearly four years to your life. The study published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association showed that ditching meat for at least 17 years extended a person’s life expectancy by 3.6 years.
It has recently become accepted that eating red and processed meats on a daily basis is linked to higher mortality rates. It was revealed last month that eating two rashers of bacon a day increases the risk of stomach cancer by almost a fifth.
And research into more than 1.5 million people found that death from all causes was higher in people who regularly ate meat. In the study, physicians from Arizona’s Mayo Clinic analysed six separate studies that showed the correlation between meat and vegetarian diets and mortality.
Primary care physicians were then given guidance on whether they should advise patients to avoid meat.
Sara Oldfield The Sun
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