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# Plant-Based Foods Benefit Longevity
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/plant-based_foods_benefit_longevity_0628140431/
- Published: 2014-06-28T05:28:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-13T14:40:00.000Z
- Description: Among Seventh-day Adventists, non-vegetarians had a 20 percent higher mortality rate than vegetarians. Vegetarian and semi-vegetarian diets also cut greenhouse gas emissions by 29 and 22 percent compared with non-vegetarian diets.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Diet, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

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**Plant-Based Foods Benefit Longevity**

Vegetarian diets increase longevity and reduce greenhouse gases, according to a study published in *The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition*. Researchers investigated health impacts and greenhouse gas emissions related to dietary patterns among Seventh-day Adventists. They found that non-vegetarians experienced a 20 percent higher mortality rate than vegetarians. A vegetarian diet reduced emissions by 29 percent while a semi-vegetarian diet reduced emissions by 22 percent, compared with non-vegetarian diets. This study emphasizes that even modest reductions of animal product consumption potentially provide significant health and environmental benefits.  
  
Soret S, Mejia A, Batech M, Jaceldo-Siegl K, Harwatt H, Sabaté J. Climate change mitigation and health effects of varied dietary patterns in real-life settings throughout North America. *Am J Clin Nutr*. 2014;100:490S–495S.