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New research about being a vegetarian.

Posted Sep 20, '08 at 4:21pm

Ricador

Ricador

2,020 posts

Wood - Prince

There is research that just came out that may change you're mind about being a vegetarian.

Scientists have discovered that after being a vegetation for a long time, it can start to shrink you're brain.

Vegetarians are 6x more likely to suffer from brain shrinkage than us meat eaters. But that does not mean you should switch to meat and don't eat veggies, you just need to have a nice balance.

The brain needs B-12 to stay healthy, and veggies don't provide that. Meat is the e=only excellent source of B-12, and so if you don't eat meat, you don't have B-12, thus the shrinkage of the brain.

http://righttruth.typepad.com/right_truth/2008/09/going-vegetarian-can-shrink-your-brain.html

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread391316/pg1

Posted Sep 20, '08 at 4:28pm

SuperzMcShort

SuperzMcShort

251 posts

Iron - Squire

Ya, I'm definately pro-balanced diets over being a vegitarian or eating large quantites of meat with no fruits/veggies.  However I think that the natural vitamins and other goodies arguement is moot in most develpoed areas where you can just as easily take supplements to correct deficincies in a diet.

 

Posted Sep 20, '08 at 4:29pm

windshift

windshift

162 posts

Gold - Squire

Is it also true that you can be quite a bit weaker than if you were eating meat?

Even if you do eat the protein plants?

 

Posted Sep 20, '08 at 4:31pm

Ricador

Ricador

2,020 posts

Wood - Prince

Yes that is true.

Meat helps with you're bone density and getting stronger muscles.

 

Posted Sep 20, '08 at 4:32pm

windshift

windshift

162 posts

Gold - Squire

Thanks..Always wanted to know that

 

Posted Sep 20, '08 at 4:45pm

Drace

Drace

2,492 posts

Wood - Duke

Vegetarians are 6x more likely to suffer from brain shrinkage than us meat eaters

And what are the chances of that o.O?

 

Posted Sep 20, '08 at 4:45pm

Xzeno

Xzeno

673 posts

Iron - Knight

But it is still important to eat lots of veggies, which sucks.

 

Posted Sep 20, '08 at 8:43pm

Zophia

Zophia

3,498 posts

Iron - Princess

Moderator

Heh, I'm a vegetarian... Probably a slightly malnourished one, my mom weren't good at keeping a proteiny diet. But my IQ measured up to 146 a few years ago... My memory is pretty bad though, could possibly be due to the long period of not really having anything to eat which I went through last winter... Something probably got damaged there or something. But I'm not really worried about that study. :)

 

Posted Sep 20, '08 at 8:57pm

theone99

theone99

2,077 posts

Iron - King

yeah if your a vegy then you have to take pills for protein or eat chips that have 1g of protein and like 20g of fat..unhealthy.

 

Posted Sep 20, '08 at 9:04pm

thingthingfreak

thingthingfreak

594 posts

Iron - Duke

Yeah, I havn't eaten a banna in 3 mounths

 

Posted Sep 20, '08 at 9:11pm

MsterXantos

MsterXantos

429 posts

Iron - Knight

awesome i love meat

 
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