Meat eaters tend to have better psychological health than vegetarians

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Interesting article...

People who avoid meat consumption tend to have worse psychological health than those who eat meat, according to new research published in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. The study, which did not draw any conclusions about causation, found that vegetarians/vegans were at a greater risk of depression, anxiety, and self-harm.

“Dietary choices have been a powerful indicator of social class and subsequent mate selection (e.g., whom we marry) since antiquity. Consequently, ‘what we eat’ and ‘how we eat’ are integral parts of our identity and directly influence our health via physiological, social, and psychological pathways,” explained study author Urska Dobersek, an assistant professor at the University of Southern Indiana.

“Therefore, given the dramatic surge in veganism and mental illness over the past two decades, a rigorous systematic review was a necessary first step in examining the relations between meat and mental health.”

more at the link

https://www.psypost.org/2020/05/mea...r-psychological-health-than-vegetarians-56698

 

[Jamie]

hunting, gathering and eating meat for two million years has made modern Homo sapiens what we are. makes perfect sense that trying to shrug off your genetic predispositions and physiological/psycholoigical necessities might cause people to have problems, lol. old news.

 

[Ohiosam]

Exhibit “A”

 

[Cogz]

I’m willing to bet it’s more correlation than causation.

 

[Sgt Fury]

 

[Blan37]

I’m willing to bet it’s more correlation than causation.

Unrelated to the topic at hand, but that reminded me of this XKCD comic lol

 

[Cogz]

Unrelated to the topic at hand, but that reminded me of this XKCD comic lol

That’s good.