> What if moving away from animal foods in our diets causes an increase in heart disease, cancer and overall mortality? This seems like a very strange thing t

> What if moving away from animal foods in our diets causes an increase in heart disease, cancer and overall mortality? This seems like a very strange thing to say, given that the scientific consensus seems to suggest we'll see the opposite effect: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26853923 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26853923 - This comprehensive meta-analysis reports a significant protective effect of a vegetarian diet versus the incidence and/or mortality from ischemic heart disease (-25%) and incidence from total cancer (-8%). Vegan diet conferred a significant reduced risk (-15%) of incidence from total cancer. Wrt driving less, people go for the easier option, and it's far easier to eat less meat than to drive less.