Researchers at the University of Adelaide in South Australia have found that eating meat provides important benefits for overall human health and life expectancy. Published in the International Journal of General Medicine on Feb. 22, the study looked into the overall health effects of total meat consumption in over 170 countries. Researchers found that the consumption of energy from carbohydrate crops (grains and tubers) does not result in greater life expectancy, while total meat consumption does, independent of the competing effects of total calorie intake, financial status, urban advantages, and obesity. Author of the study, University of Adelaide researcher in biomedicine, Dr. Wenpeng You, said that due to meat consumption, humans have evolved and thrived for millions of years. “We wanted to look more closely at research that has thrown a negative spotlight on meat consumption in the human diet,” he said in a release. “While detrimental effects of meat consumption on human health …