Posted on 09/14/2008 8:33:27 PM PDT by null and void
MELBOURNE: Scientists have discovered that going veggie could be bad for your brain-with those on a meat-free diet six times more likely to suffer brain shrinkage.
Vegans and vegetarians are the most likely to be deficient because the best sources of the vitamin are meat, particularly liver, milk and fish. Vitamin B12 deficiency can also cause anaemia and inflammation of the nervous system. Yeast extracts are one of the few vegetarian foods which provide good levels of the vitamin.
The link was discovered by Oxford University scientists who used memory tests, physical checks and brain scans to examine 107 people between the ages of 61 and 87.
When the volunteers were retested five years later the medics found those with the lowest levels of vitamin B12 were also the most likely to have brain shrinkage. It confirms earlier research showing a link between brain atrophy and low levels of B12.
Brain scans of more than 1,800 people found that people who downed 14 drinks or more a week had 1.6% more brain shrinkage than teetotallers. Women in their seventies were the most at risk.
Beer does less damage than wine according to a study in Alcohol and Alcoholism.
Researchers found that the hippocampus-the part of the brain that stores memories - was 10% smaller in beer drinkers than those who stuck to wine.
And being overweight or obese is linked to brain loss, Swedish researchers discovered. Scans of around 300 women found that those with brain shrink had an average body mass index of 27 And for every one point increase in their BMI the loss rose by 13 to 16%.
This thread is going to be priceless!
I was going to post this exact article, and much the same comment, when the FR servers went all flaky.
Well done, I say to you again, sir!
Cheers!
You beat me to it, that’s what I was going to say.
Cheers!
Just too many vegan liberals....
I have no idea what any of this means, but I don't like veggies and I ain't eatin' em!
Just too many vegan liberals....
I guess it’s true that we are what we eat.
Arugula.
Ironically, it is because we eat meat that we are intelligent.
According to evolutionists, if you believe them, we’d still be swinging from the trees or hobbling along on two feet if we hadn’t made the switch from all plants to both plants and meat.
A larger brain requires a very high calorie source of food that plants can’t provide. Our brains consume a great deal of energy.
Mr. President, try the broccoli...
Humans are on the top of it.
Deal with it!
Mankind didn't climb all the way to the top of it just to eat vegetables!
Vegan must be an old Indian word for "bad hunter"....
thanks, bfl
people that watch tv all day
fry their brains!
So was I....
Researchers found that the hippocampus-the part of the brain that stores memories - was 10% smaller in beer drinkers than those who stuck to wine.
Lazy writer.
Researchers found that the hippocampus-the part of the brain that stores memories - was 10% smaller in beer drinkers than those who stuck to wine.
Ok, so is it beer or wine that makes my brain smaller. And is there an alcoholic beverage that makes other organs larger...?
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