"Forks Over Knives": Is a Vegetarian Diet Better For You?

A viral documentary says a "whole foods plant-based diet" will prevent heart disease and cure cancer. But once we look into the MEAT of the matter will we find factual CREAM of the crop or will we cry FOWL? (we're so sorry)

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• The Problem with Observational Studies (Epidemiology)
• VegetarianDiet Patterns and Chronic Disease Risk: What We Know and What We Don’t
• Therise, the fall and the renaissance of vitamin E

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