Re: [nukkad] Mortality rates and diet

[holmes <>]

Harshal Chhaya wrote:
> Has there been any empirical study comparing the diets of North and
> South India and their effect on health and life-span?
> 

don't know about that but another was made in the UK with inimical results

[ ... ] In "Mortality in vegetarians and nonvegetarians: detailed 
findings from a collaborative analysis of 5 prospective studies" [28], 
five major studies (three in Britain, one in Germany, one in U.S and one 
in Italy) of this kind were cross examined. It was found that the 
mortality ratio was the lowest in fish eaters (0.82) followed by 
occasional meat eaters (0.84) and vegetarians (0.84) which was then 
followed by regular meat eaters (1.0) and vegans (1.0). These statistics 
do not mean that fish eating is the healthiest diet. In "Mortality in 
British vegetarians" [29], it was concluded that "British vegetarians 
have low mortality compared with the general population. Their death 
rates are similar to those of comparable non-vegetarians, suggesting 
that much of this benefit may be attributed to non-dietary lifestyle 
factors such as a low prevalence of smoking and a generally high 
socio-economic status, or to aspects of the diet other than the 
avoidance of meat and fish."

Courtesy: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism#Vegetarian_diet_and_longevity

dr holmes
www.acu-free.com




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