Vegetarianism linked to mental health disorders

[Cotton1]

https://www.rd.com/health/diet-weigh...mental-health/

[Common]

ah we discover one reason why liberals may be abnormal

[Peter1469]

Essential vitamin and mineral deficiency.

[FindersKeepers]

Oh phooey....that's only if vegetarians chow down on heavy carbs and nothing else. At the end of the article, they offer two links to very healthy vegetarian foods.

Here's another link that claims vegetarians are smarter.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/b...nt-meat-eaters

[Cotton1]

Oh phooey....that's only if vegetarians chow down on heavy carbs and nothing else. At the end of the article, they offer two links to very healthy vegetarian foods.

Here's another link that claims vegetarians are smarter.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/b...nt-meat-eaters

I've certainly seen no evidence of that ...

[Cotton1]

Oh phooey....that's only if vegetarians chow down on heavy carbs and nothing else. At the end of the article, they offer two links to very healthy vegetarian foods.

Here's another link that claims vegetarians are smarter.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/b...nt-meat-eaters

There is a direct correlation between mental health and intelligence but liberals never seem to own their mental health issues. By extension they deny their own intelligence. Neat.

https://www-psychologytoday-com.cdn....mental-illness

[Standing Wolf]

There are lots of reasons that people become vegetarians or even vegans, and I very much doubt that politics has a lot to do with it, for most folks.

Yes, for some it's about not eating even moderately intelligent creatures, but you certainly don't have to be a "liberal" to have qualms about factory farming and such. For others, it's more for whatever health benefits such a diet conveys. While no vegetarian myself, I find myself eating less meat these days, particularly red meat, because - as happens when some people get older - some of my tastes have changed; things that used to taste good no longer do.

[Cletus]

There are lots of reasons that people become vegetarians or even vegans, and I very much doubt that politics has a lot to do with it, for most folks.

Yes, for some it's about not eating even moderately intelligent creatures, but you certainly don't have to be a "liberal" to have qualms about factory farming and such. For others, it's more for whatever health benefits such a diet conveys. While no vegetarian myself, I find myself eating less meat these days, particularly red meat, because - as happens when some people get older - some of my tastes have changed; things that used to taste good no longer do.

Meat... GOOD.

[Peter1469]

There are lots of reasons that people become vegetarians or even vegans, and I very much doubt that politics has a lot to do with it, for most folks.

Yes, for some it's about not eating even moderately intelligent creatures, but you certainly don't have to be a "liberal" to have qualms about factory farming and such. For others, it's more for whatever health benefits such a diet conveys. While no vegetarian myself, I find myself eating less meat these days, particularly red meat, because - as happens when some people get older - some of my tastes have changed; things that used to taste good no longer do.

I go out of my way to not eat animals from conventional factory farms (CFF) for two reasons. First the way they are treated. And second for health reasons. They are not that healthy to eat and many of the studies of the dangers of red meat concern CFF beef, not grass fed beef. The ratio of Omega 3 to Omega 6 is a main problem with CCF beef. Too many Omega 6s- that creates inflammation in the body. Inflammation seems to trigger a lot of conditions and diseases.

[Trumpster]

I go out of my way to not eat animals from conventional factory farms (CFF) for two reasons. First the way they are treated. And second for health reasons. They are not that healthy to eat and many of the studies of the dangers of red meat concern CFF beef, not grass fed beef. The ratio of Omega 3 to Omega 6 is a main problem with CCF beef. Too many Omega 6s- that creates inflammation in the body. Inflammation seems to trigger a lot of conditions and diseases.

As I have said before, there's more to it than what you are looking at. I understand you are not interested in the fact that animal protein promotes cancer, to the extent that you won't even take the time to read the evidence.

But here's a different reason not to eat beef: Beef is high in iron whether it's grass fed or not and the iron is not the same as you would get from plant foods. Red meat contains heme iron that builds up in the body and is bad for the brain. Iron from plant foods like spinach is called non-heme iron and does not build up in the body as excess amounts will be excreted.