This paper does not show that eating meat makes you live longer.
It shows that wealthy countries eat more meat and don’t lose children to infection, famine, or war.
That’s called an ecological fallacy—the first thing taught in epidemiology, and apparently the first thing forgotten by people who read abstracts for content.
There’s no individual-level data.
No diet patterns.
No distinction between fish and hot dogs.
No mechanism.
Life expectancy is driven by sanitation, vaccines, antibiotics, and healthcare—not your ribeye.
To claim otherwise is not bold thinking.
It’s statistical illiteracy delivered with confidence.
A lack of erudition exceeded only by arrogance.
Meat consumption is positively associated with living longer, across 175 countries.
Eat meat, it's good for you.