Vegetarian diet cuts heart risk by 32%

Ditching meat and fish in favour of a vegetarian diet can have a dramatic effect on the health of your heart, research suggests.

A study of 44,500 people in England and Scotland showed vegetarians were 32% less likely to die or need hospital treatment as a result of heart disease.

Differences in cholesterol levels, blood pressure and body weight are thought to be behind the health boost.

I don’t care what the results of this or other study say I’d rather carrying on eating meat and take the risk, than spend the rest of my life eating a plate of dreary dull looking green stuff.

Humans are omnivores we’re supposed to eat a balance of meat and veg, and anyway veggies always look miserable and can’t wait to lecture you how noble they are, despite the fact that if you look them in the eye you can see they’re desperate for a burger or a steak.