JAMA: massive study finds plant protein healthier than animal protein

By Dave Cortright 🔸 @ 2023-12-08T18:34 (+7)

This is a linkpost to https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2540540

“Association of Animal and Plant Protein Intake With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality”

Study authors found that substituting 3 percent of daily calories from animal protein with plant protein was associated with a lower risk for death from all causes: a 34 percent drop when participants swapped out processed red meat for plant protein, and a 19 percent decrease when they replaced eggs.

By contrast, participants who increased their animal-source protein by 10 percent had an 8 percent higher risk of death from heart disease, and a 2 percent higher risk of death from all causes.