Study said vegetarians live longer than meat eaters

Back in the seventies and eighties, Loma Linda University in California to complete a series of studies since 1958 began to tens of thousands of believers Sabbath (members mostly vegetarian) conducted a follow-up survey. The first study to show that vegetarians live longer than meat eaters. The study also found that vegetarians often eat fruits, vegetables, nuts and beans and other foods can help reduce cancer, heart disease and type 2 diabetes and other disease risk, helps control the quality of body mass (BMI) and waist circumference, and promote brain health.
In 2002, Loma Linda University funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health to further complete the follow-up to "The Sabbath believers of two." New study leader Dr. Gary E Fraser 2012 American Dietetic Association Food and Nutrition Conference exhibition, said the new study larger, from the United States and Canada, involving 96,000 participants who. The results showed that the average life expectancy between men and women vegetarian 83.3 and 85.7 years old, which is more than other populations in California, the average life expectancy 9.5 years and 6.1 years higher.
"The Sabbath believers study 2" also found that: Vegetarian average weight 30 pounds lighter than meat eaters (about 13.6 kg); BMI low five points; insulin resistance lower probability. In addition, compared with obese body lean people are more likely to exercise regularly, eat vegetarian and non-smokers. This suggests that a variety of factors superimposed together to improve the overall health of vegetarians. The study also found that limiting animal food fish vegetarians and semi-vegetarians (eat meat once a week), there is a certain lifestyle disease risk reduction.