Research Points To Mental Health Risks Associated With Meatless Diet

[Ptarmigan]

Research Points To Mental Health Risks Associated With Meatless Diet
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2015/12/04/research-points-to-mental-health-risks-associated-with-meatless-diet/

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Many Americans have turned to a vegetarian diet for many different reasons. Maybe you just think it will make you generally more healthy. Perhaps you want to trim a few pounds. Maybe you want to supplement your already healthy lifestyle.

However, will you be happier?

Some research suggests that the exact opposite is the truth and Women’s Health recently looked into some of the research and cautions people to be well aware of how going meatless can impact your mental health.

The article cites an Australian study from last year which found that vegetarians reported that they were less optimistic about their future more often than people who kept meat in their diets. That same study found that vegetarians were 18 percent more likely to report having depression and 28 percent more likely to experience panic attacks and anxiety.

No wonder why vegans are crazy. 

[Big Dog]

Research Points To Mental Health Risks Associated With Meatless Diet
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2015/12/04/research-points-to-mental-health-risks-associated-with-meatless-diet/

No wonder why vegans are crazy. 

And they smell, of bean farts and self-righteousness.

[Ptarmigan]

And they smell, of bean farts and self-righteousness.

Vegans are so self-righteous.

[DumbAss Tanker]

An interesting result, but I question whether it's possible to separate cause and effect on this one.  It seems equally possible that the psycho women are more likely to have pre-sorted themselves into the meatless group.  Just from the blurb, it does not seem that the comparison was between two groups that had the same diet before the study, but relied on two pre-study populations, one of veg-heads and one of normal people.

[thundley4]

An interesting result, but I question whether it's possible to separate cause and effect on this one.  It seems equally possible that the psycho women are more likely to have pre-sorted themselves into the meatless group.  Just from the blurb, it does not seem that the comparison was between two groups that had the same diet before the study, but relied on two pre-study populations, one of veg-heads and one of normal people.

My thinking was that people with mental problems were more likely to turn into vegans.