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I think you will find that Michael Greger and others that quote science based benefits from a vegan style diet, are actually referring to the Advent Study, and the Advent 2 Study. Both of these so called scientific reports have been thoroughly debunked and shown to have a strong religious and vegan bias. The Advent program was carried out by the Seventh Day Adventists and the data was collated during Lent, which is when most of their sample audience (i.e church members) were fasting and eating primarily unleavened bread, The sample members are also largely followers of vegetarian diet, do not smoke or drink coffee or tea, so the claims that either Advent or Advent 2 prove that this diet leads to increased longevity and better health may be due to other factors, which proponents choose to ignore. The science is skewed and poorly executed. Both studies are epidemeological and are what science calls Prospect studies in that they can highlight trends and possible factors affecting a population, but by no means can any Cause be drawn from them.
It is interesting that the current controversy over Eat Lancet and their Planetary saving diet is also based on these same studies, and is equally flawed.
It is interesting that the current controversy over Eat Lancet and their Planetary saving diet is also based on these same studies, and is equally flawed.