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In John Robbins' book "Food Revolution", he pits statements by the meat & dairy industry against differing viewpoints. Below are some excerpts. You decide which ones you believe.
Meat eating helps you live longer and avoid cancer?
* The basic reason why heart disease and cancer have become the number one and number two causes of death in the U.S. and other affluent countries is that people are living longer. What has allowed us to live long enough to run these risks? Meat, among other things. — National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
* Now some people scoff at vegetarians, but they have only 40 percent of our cancer rate. They outlive us. On average they outlive other men by about six years now. — William Castelli, M.D., Director, Framingham Heart Study; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Avoiding meat and dairy won’t decrease risk of heart disease? * [It’s a] myth [that] the risk of death from heart disease can be greatly reduced if a person avoids eating a meat-centered diet. — National Cattlemen’s Beef Association * Vegetarians have the best diet; they have the lowest rates of coronary heart disease of any group in the country. — William Castelli, M.D., Director, Framingham Health Study, the longest running study of diet and heart disease in medical history * The fallacy ... is that animal foods are the critical elements in the diet that are causing coronary heart disease. — National Cattlemen’s Beef Association * In regions where ... meat is scarce, cardiovascular disease is unknown. — Time magazine * [Advocates of plant-based diets] lack a firm scientific basis. ... No study ... has demonstrated that changing diet prevents coronary artery disease. — Dairy Bureau of Canada * A large and convincing body of evidence from studies in humans ... shows that diets low in saturated fatty acids and cholesterol are associated with low risks and rates of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. — U.S. National Research Council, in “Diet and Health, Implications for Reducing Chronic Disease Risk” Cholesterol and diet — what we know * Intake of cholesterol for non-vegetarians: 300 to 500 milligrams/day * Intake of cholesterol for lacto-ovo vegetarians: 150 to 300 milligrams/day * Intake of cholesterol for vegans: Zero * Average cholesterol level in the United States: 210 * Average cholesterol level of U.S. vegetarians: 161 * Average cholesterol level of U.S. vegans: 133