Choices: how your diet, exercise, and other behaviors can affect the length and quality of your life. (Scientific update: a review of recent scientific papers related to vegetarianism).(Californian Seventh-day Adventists)(Brief Article)(Column)

From: Vegetarian Journal | Date: May 1, 2002| Author: Mangels, Reed | Copyright information

Many factors affect how long and how well a person lives. Can we make conscious choices to improve the quality and span of our lives? A recent study suggests that it is possible. More than 34,000 Seventh-day Adventists living in California were studied for 12 years. Seventh-day Adventists are less likely to smoke and may exercise more than the typical person in the US. Many follow a vegetarian diet; nearly 30% of the subjects were vegetarians, and another 20% described themselves as...

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