Posted on 04/29/2020 5:44:44 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A vegetarian or vegan diet may be increasing the likelihood of depression, a US-based study has found.
People with a plant-based diet were twice as likely to take prescription drugs for mental illness and nearly three times as likely to contemplate suicide.
The report, which looked at more than 160,000 people, also found that a shocking one in three vegetarians suffer from depression or anxiety.
Researchers reviewed 18 studies examining the relationship between mental health and eating meat, involving a total of 160,257 participants.
They concluded that vegetarians and vegans had “significantly” higher rates or risk of depression, anxiety and self-harm.
The researchers suggest that avoiding meat may be a “behavioral marker” indicating people already with poor mental health.
This is a suggestion that requires more research to back it up, the researchers say.
University of Alabama researchers write in the study: “Those who avoided meat consumption had significantly higher rates or risk of depression, anxiety, and/or self-harm behaviors. Our study does not support avoiding meat consumption for overall psychological health benefits.” …
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Improves mine!
They are ALL depressed!
I just had bbq pork ribs and brisket. I can attest I am not depressed.
Pfft. This clearly falls into the category of studies someone wasted a lot of money on.
Makes sense. I’d find a meat-free diet rather depressing.
That being said, is it that depressed people tend to become vegetarians, or that vegetarians tend to become depressed? Or maybe it’s just a depressing, vicious cycle.
Years ago a Freeper posted that his brother was a doctor and would shock his vegetarian patients by informing them that one of the effects of such a diet could be severe gas.
IMO, vegetarians become depressed. They become vegetarians while not depressed for some save-the-the-planet reason and end up becoming depressed as time goes on.
My thoery is that steak is madicinal is proving to be more and more correct.
In other words, libs are miserable people. Nothing new there.
LOL!
Counterpoint: Left wingers are both more likely to be depressed or to be vegetarians.
The factor in both is possibly the ideology affecting attitude or nutrition choices.
No they are not.
All this may be true.....but since I went on a beef-free diet 4 weeks ago I have slept better, have more energy, and poop better. And I only speak for myself.
“Years ago a Freeper posted that his brother was a doctor and would shock his vegetarian patients by informing them that one of the effects of such a diet could be severe gas.”
Plenty of comments about bacon sandwiches on the article page, using either ketchup or “brown sauce” (what we would call steak sauce) as condiments.
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