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Vegetarian diets are associated with lower mortality than diets that include meat.
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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that vegetarian diets are associated with lower mortality than diets that include meat?
Unclear. Multiple cohort studies and reviews associate vegetarian or pro-vegetarian diets with lower all-cause mortality or lower cancer and cardiovascular mortality, but each covers only one population, one outcome, or one cohort, and none establishes the general claim across all diets including meat.
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Fathi, M. S. (2025). Lifestyle and nutritional deficiencies associated with vegetarian diets. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15336103
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Not all plant-based diets are associated with benefits on mortality: the Moli-sani Study: Marialaura Bonaccio. (2022). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac129.172
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KC, C., J, S., TJ, H., AV, P., CY, U., & MM, S. (2026). Associations between White Meat-Only and Vegetarian Diets with Mortality from All Causes, Heart Diseases, Cancers, and Stroke in the American Cancer Society's Cancer Prevention Study-II.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2026.109438
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Association of meat, vegetarian, pescatarian and fish-poultry diets with risk of 19 cancer sites and all cancer: findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study and meta-analysis. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02257-9
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Vegetarian diets in the Adventist Health Study 2: a review of initial published findings. (2014). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.113.071233
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D, A., S, S., & JG, S. (2026). Vegetarian and vegan diets and cancer incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-026-01380-8
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Capodici, A., Mocciaro, G., Gori, D., Landry, M. J., Masini, A., & Sanmarchi, F. (2024). Cardiovascular health and cancer risk associated with plant based diets: An umbrella review.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300711
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Do diets containing meat and milk cause a large proportion of breast cancer?. (2018). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/41720/do-diets-containing-meat-and-milk-cause-a-large-proportion-of-breast-cancer
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Position of the academy of nutrition and dietetics: vegetarian diets.. (2015). pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25911342
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Stanisic, S., Markovic, V., Danijela, S., Baltic, M. Z., Boskovic, M., & Popovic, M. (2018). Review paper Being a vegetarian: health benefits and hazards. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.18485/meattech.2018.59.1.8
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Chand, D. D., Kumar, D. A., & Singh, D. D. N. (2025). Living Longer on Plants: The Science Behind Vegetarian Diets and Extended Lifespan. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14781649
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