Being a meat eater is healthier than being a vegetarian

This is confirmed by a study from the University of Graz, in Austria, which associates being a vegetarian with poorer health, a higher incidence of cancer and a higher risk of depression. Congratulations carnivores!

A vegetarian diet, rich in vegetables and fruits, reduces cholesterol or hypertension, but according to a study by the University of Graz, in Austria, it can also be associated with poor health. Published in the journal Plos One , the research defends that carnivores may be healthier than vegetarians, since the latter are more prone to allergies, depression, heart attacks and even cancer.

The sample consisted of 1,320 people: 330 vegetarians, 330 with a carnivorous diet rich in fruits and vegetables, 330 with a carnivorous diet less rich in meat, and 330 with a carnivorous diet rich in meat. "Our study concludes that adults who do not consume meat are less healthy and that the best thing for health is a balanced diet, with fruits, vegetables, cereals, good fats and protein of animal origin."

The results, however, are not conclusive, and the researchers admit they cannot say whether vegetarians' poor health is due to "their nutritional habits." In fact, a more recent report published in Circulation finds that replacing red meat with plant protein reduces the risk of heart disease, because it produces improvements in blood lipids. And another study, vegan diets reduce the risk of chronic diseases.financed by the National Cancer Institute of the USA , defends that the So the debate is still open: carnivores, vegans, defenders of the Mediterranean diet, vegetarians, fans of the paleo diet... who do you prefer?