Is it safe to go vegan in older age?

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Is it safe to go vegan in older age? Compared with meat-containing diets, the health benefits of all vegetarian diets are well documented: lower rates of heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and cancer. But how much animal protein can you safely cut out of your diet?

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