Attendees leave the Conference Center during the 182nd Annual General Conference for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City Sunday, April 1, 2012.
Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
Mormon women in the study had a life expectancy of more than 86 years five years longer than comparable women overall; men lived to an average of more than 84 years, which was almost a decade longer. These numbers are attributed to the LDS lifestyle.
Forget South Beach. Will the next great nutrition fad be the Provo Diet?
Mormon religious beliefs have gotten plenty of scrutiny in this election, but what about the Mormon lifestyle? Turns out there is evidence that Latter-Day Saints are more likely than the rest of us to actually live into their latter days.
At a presentation sponsored by the Ethics and Public Policy Center earlier this week, Michael Otterson, the churchs managing director for public affairs, presented a variety of statistics that might bring in a few converts to the churchs lifestyle, if not its religious doctrines.
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It would be better to compare the LDS to non-LDS who do not smoke or drink.
I would bet that the life expectancy is similar.
Which would say that healthy living is the key, rather than ones religious preference.
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Well the cause would be healthy living habits rather than being part of the church. After all, some of the most obese nations on earth are some of the most LDS populated ones (Tonga, Samoa, Niue).
The human body does seem to get an easier ride when a healthy lifestyle is followed. Your liver and lungs have enough of a job maintaining normal day-to-day function. When they're spared the extra jobs of dealing with alcohol and nicotine, More..