1. Ultra-processed food intake and animal-based food intake and mortality in the Adventist Health Study.
    • This study found that high consumption of ultra-processed foods and, separately, high consumption of red meat may be important mortality indicators.
  2. Degree of Adherence to Based Diet and Total and Cause-Specific Mortality: Prospective Cohort Study in the Million Veteran Program.
    • This study found that a greater adherence to a plant-based diet was associated with substantially lower total mortality in this large population of veterans. These findings support recommending plant-rich dietary patterns for the prevention of major chronic diseases.
  3. Healthy Plant-Based Diets Are Associated with Lower Risk of All-Cause Mortality in US Adults.
    • This study found that healthy plant-based diet scores above the median were associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality in US adults.
  4. Association of Animal and Plant Protein Intake With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality.
    • This study found that high animal protein intake was associated with death from cardiovascular disease and high plant protein intake was associated with a low incidence of cardiovascular disease, especially among individuals with at least 1 lifestyle risk factor.
  5. Substitution of animal-based with plant-based foods on cardiometabolic health and all-cause mortality.
    • The study’s findings indicated that a shift from animal-based (e.g., red and processed meat, eggs, dairy, poultry, butter) to plant-based (e.g., nuts, legumes, whole grains, olive oil) foods was beneficially associated with cardiometabolic health and all-cause mortality