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In Mongolia in rural areas people eat just meat. Dearth from heart decease and liver cancers are leading causes of dearth there. On the other hand, life expectancy in Mongolia is 70 years, while in mostly vegetarian India it is 69.5. Just from that one can easily see that blaming one particular food group is not productive.

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Yes, they eat just meat, but smoking prevalence is over 50% [0], and alcoholism is rampant [1].

Bad example, to be honest. In fact, liver cancer can be directly attributed to drinking.

A life expectancy of 70 years under such conditions is actually astonishing.

[0]: https://www.who.int/tobacco/media/en/Mongolia.pdf

[1]: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112485...

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