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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Steak, bake potato, salad, ranch dressing, and a nice craft IPA.
No problems at all for 61 years.
Sorry to read that...yes some sort of mental issue...prayers that he will snap out of that way of thinking...
A vegetaran/vegan diet often lacks proteins and fats needed for your brain tovfunction properly. And also to help your body repair itself and keep you feeling okay.
A doctor who was a body builder said when he tried being a bodybuilder and a vegetarian for three years, that was the only time in his life he ever felt depressed and had low energy levels. he simply wasn’t getting enough proteins and fats to keep himself feeling good and healthy. Once he went back to a normal diet his energy levels bounced up and his depression went away.
Other people note it as well, it is well known these diets starve the brain and body of much needed fats and proteins.
That’s fantastic and definitely worth a brag.
Thank you.
That’s why lefties don’t want us to do it.
Bull crap.
And three in three vegetarians are leftists who hate you.
JoMa
Homosexuals have to recruit. They offer acceptance. Teens and young adults are highly susceptible to that influence.
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