[libh8er]

B.S.

Vishwanathan Anand, current World Chess Champion, vegetarian since birth.

Srinivasa Ramanujan, arguably one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, vegetarian all his life. If an exception breaks the rule, the rule is broken

[grey_whiskers]

Concerning Ramanujan...

Wikipedia says:

"Quoting K. Srinivasa Rao,[85] "As for his place in the world of Mathematics, we quote Bruce C. Berndt: 'Paul Erdős has passed on to us G. H. Hardy's personal ratings of mathematicians. Suppose that we rate mathematicians on the basis of pure talent on a scale from 0 to 100, Hardy gave himself a score of 25, J.E. Littlewood 30, David Hilbert 80 and Ramanujan 100.'"

If someone ranked him above Hilbert, that's quite an accomplishment.

I still am a fan of von Neumann, however.

Cheers!

[Aznar5]

Just imagine how much smarter they could have been had they eaten meat :)

[bigfootwave]

I agree. These news articles are so funny. Why isn’t the headline “Fat people loose brain cells” or “Drinking causes brain loss”?

So to avoid B12 Deficiency I should Get Heart Disease and Cancer, no thanks.

If you do some research, it is actually very hard to be b12 deficient even as a vegetarian.

A quick look at cereal in my kitchen shows 1 serving has 45% of our daily needs. B12 is stored in the body for years, so it is very hard to be deficient unless you are eating very very narrow food choices.

I removed meat, oil and dairy from my diet and my standing heart rate went from 78 to 44. Much easier for your heart to pump blood when there is not sludge floating in your veins ;)

No meds, no asthma, no heart problems, no obesity, all with simple change in diet. Our bodies heal themselves if given a chance.

More info on b12 is here if interested: http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2007nl/nov/b12.htm

[WKL815]

As beautiful as numbers are and as much as I appreciate them, life outside the comforts of mathematical contemplation gets pretty hairy and requires a more integrated brain.

Einstein may have been “brilliant”, but he was also a socialist that peed his pants on occasion.

[Danae]

Human physiology does have a lot of variety to it, some people are going to do just fine on that diet. Others aren't. There is no way you can argue with that at all. East Europeans have a different diet, it works for them. And its pretty different than Jamaican, and that diet works for Jamaicans.

[ReagansShinyHair]

Just think how much smarter they would have been with a little meat!

If you read the article, it says that the brain shrinkage is caused by B12 deficiency. Not by eating veggies. Misleading title meant to sensationalize the topic, I suppose.