Helloooooooo. I really hope this question doesn't offend or upset anyone, but I was just wondering... what do vegans die of? I know that there would be many things, and that vegans aren't completely immune to the diseases of omni's but considering all the health benefits of veganism you'd expect a lot of those aging illnesses to be avoided well into old age... But then what?
I was just thinking about how I kind of consider omni-eating to be like smoking and heavy drinking... Bad for your health but everyone (a bit of a generalization there I know) still does them sometimes, but we know that cutting them out totally being ideal for health (according to the literature). If smokers have higher rates of lung cancer and other diseases than non-smokers, and if heavy drinkers have higher rates of liver damage and other diseases than non-drinkers, then it makes sense to say that if omnis have higher rates of certain diseases (cancers, heart disease, osteoperosis, general illnesses, ect.) than vegans, then a vegan diet should be considered to be ideal (like abstaining completely from smoking and heavy drinking). I'm sure non-smokers and non-drinkers expect not to die of lung cancer or liver disease, and vegans don't expect to die of omni-associated diseases caused by omni-eating (because they don't eat omni!)... So do vegans die of the same diseases as omni's, but not caused by an omni-diet?
What a ramble... Sorry this might not be making a lot of sense!
Also I just want to say I know a vegan diet isn't a cure for or way to avoid all disease
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