Eventually "science", likely via nutrition and lifestyle adjustments, will 'rediscover' and (re)'prove' the truth of the old adage ...

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Partly by humbly accepting Biblical instruction that a plant based diet is what God designed as optimum for His human creatures (and all other creatures actually as well) .. and that if animal flesh is to be eaten certain ones are fit for human consumption while others are just simply to be avoided.