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In Mongolia people eat only meat from horses, sheep and camels. Mongolia is at the top charts regarding the dearth from heart deceases and cancers especially th
by fpoling 8y ago
In Mongolia people eat only meat from horses, sheep and camels. Mongolia is at the top charts regarding the dearth from heart deceases and cancers especially the liver cancer. And this is in a population that was exposed to this diet for thousands of years and where the meat comes from the most humanely treated animals.
One may argue that the statistics is biased towards people from cities where doctors have a better chance of diagnosing the causes of dearth and where people eat much more processed meat than in rural areas, but then the average lifespan in Mongolia has been increasing despite people moving to the cities. In addition there is a small population of ethnic Russian who moved to Mongolia 100 years ago after the revolution. They show the same patterns of deceases.
Disclaimer - I am vegan for ethical reasons.
- nonbel 8y agoSounds like people with health issues over there are also living "harder" lives: >"Cerebrovascular diseases, ischemic heart diseases, perinatal deaths, influenza/pneumonia/asthma and tuberculosis were the leading causes of AM in the past eight years in Mongolia. The AMR [amenable mortality rate] was higher in remote western provinces with harsh weather conditions, high poverty rates, lack of human resources for health, and poor infrastructure." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4767514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4767514/
- pakitan 8y agoYet, somehow, Mongolians seem to have a slightly higher life expectancy than Indians, who generally subsist on plant-based diets.