Wellbeing Nutrition Health Fitness Ecosystem Environment Animals Lifestyle Business About Contact Us Hamburger Toggle Menu Edit Template Longevity Following a vegan diet can improve your health in many different ways, and could help you to live longer as well. Whilst this is a fairly new area of research, there is mounting evidence that vegan and plant-based diets can reduce mortality and extend longevity. One recent study showed that eliminating meat and switching to a plant-based diet, with a much greater intake of legumes, whole grains, nuts, fruits and vegetables, can increase life expectancy by up to 10 years. For more information, see:Association of Animal and Plant Protein Intake With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality, M. Song et al., JAMA Internal Medicine 176(10),1453-1463 (2016)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5048552/pdf/nihms808544.pdfHealthy Plant-Based Diets Are Associated with Lower Risk of All-Cause Mortality in US Adults, H.Kim, L. Caulfield, and C. Rebholz, Journal of Nutrition 148 (4), 624 – 631 (2018)https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29659968/Estimating impact of food choices on life expectancy: A modeling study, L. Fadnes et al., PLOS Medicine 19(3), e1003962 (2022) https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003889 Read Next Why It’s Important For Vegans To Pay Attention To Vitamin B12 The Best Vegan Sources Of Selenium Some Great Vegan Sources Of Calcium How Much Carbohydrate Do We Need? Protein Quality For Vegans Why We Need Selenium, And How Much Is Enough Excellent Vegan Vitamin D Sources Why Vegans Should Pay Attention To Their Iodine Intake