Posted on 08/09/2017 5:23:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Vegetarians are almost twice as likely to suffer from depression as those who consume a conventional balanced diet, according to a new study.
The new Bristol University study of almost 10,000 from southwestern England found that vegetarians were more likely to develop depression due to vitamin and mineral deficiencies that can negatively impact their mental health.
The 350 committed vegetarians who participated in the study had a higher average depression score when compared to the meat-eaters, according to the study, which was published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.
The vegetarians’ diet tended to feature lower vitamin B12 consumption, as well as greater intake of nuts that contain omega-6 fatty acids, which have been linked with an increased risk of mental health problems.
Slightly more than 50 percent of vegans and 7 percent of vegetarians have a vitamin B12 deficiency, the researchers said. Vitamin B12 can be found in red meat, and plays an important role in affecting an individual’s mood.
“Other potential factors include high blood levels of phytoestrogens – consequent mainly on diets rich in vegetables and soya,” the report says. “Another potential contributing factor is that lower intakes of seafood are thought to be associated with greater risk of depressive symptoms.”
The lack of a balanced diet can influence the development of depression, and the research findings can also be attributed partially to iron deficiencies, the study says. Participants who had been consuming a vegetarian diet for longer periods of time had higher depression scores throughout.
But the researchers did not rule out the possibility that the vegetarians’ decisions to adopt their diet could have been a symptom of depression from the start.
He was always calling in sick at work.
We eat animals because they’re made out of meat.
Vegetarian is the Indian word for bad hunter.
That’s from a sign hanging in our local butcher shop.
Lol
Most vegetarians and vegans tend to be leftists. That would more likely explain that.
My doctor promotes Vitamin D supplements
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The old chicken and egg question...
You’d be depressed too if you hadn’t eaten a steak in years!
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Solution: Eat more meat and be happy.
A well balanced vegetarian diet is actually very healthy. They do suffer from more psychological problems and depression than the rest of us meat eaters. It does not have one damn thing to do with their diet. They have a predisposition to be vegetarians due there underlying psychology. If I did not like meat I would opt for their diet. I like meat. It is actually very healthy to be a vegetarian or a meat eater if your diet is well balanced.
Hunting season is just a few months away. I am down to about 20 pounds of deer in my freezer. I shall replenish it in October. It tastes great.
It would depress me to give up steaks/cheeseburgers/BBQ ribs, etc.....
Beef
It’s what vegans eat when they cheat
(My dad wrote those lines.:)
They are not depressed because they are vegans; they are vegans because they are depressed and depressing to listen to as well. The vegan part of their personality is merely a window into their maladjustment.
Not necessarily. Biblically eating vegetarian rather than Babylonian meat was healthier. I also think it will be the standard when the Messiah rules but not absolutely positive. Will be in heaven, of course.
I bet they’re getting depressed from all the carbs they fill up with, not the veggies.
I’d be depressed without an occasional rare steak and bottle of Bordeaux! I’m the son of a cattleman.
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