The proof going vegan ISN’T better for you?

 Study finds plant-based meat products are full of salt and fat

• Participants eating plant-based diets saw no ‘widespread’ health benefits
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By EMILY STEARN, HEALTH REPORTER FOR MAILONLINE

Going vegan won’t improve your health, an experiment suggests.

Researchers have discovered plant-based meat products offer no ‘clear benefit’ for heart health. 

People who ate fake sausages, burgers and mince also seemingly had worse blood pressure than their meat-consuming counterparts. 

Experts today labelled the ‘health halo’ surrounding plant-based meats unjustifiable and urged the food industry to ‘re-evaluate the development of the next generation of meat alternatives’.

Study co-author, Dr Sumanto Haldar, a lecturer in nutrition science at Bournemouth University said: ‘At present, producing these plant based meat alternatives often involves a substantial amount of processing.

People who ate fake sausages, burgers and mince also seemingly had worse blood pressure than their meat-consuming counterparts. Experts today labelled the ‘health halo’ surrounding plant-based meats unjustifiable and urged the food industry to ‘re-evaluate the development of the next generation of meat alternatives’