I found this article on BBC News interesting. I am a vegeterian myself, but I am not sure if my IQ is better, in general, than non-vegs.







































Intelligent children are more likely to become vegetarians later in life, a study says.

A Southampton University team found those who were vegetarian by 30 had recorded five IQ points more on average at the age of 10.

Researchers said it could explain why people with higher IQ were healthier as a vegetarian diet was linked to lower heart disease and obesity rates.

The study of 8,179 was reported in the British Medical Journal.

Oh, dang! I screwed it up. Sorry. Here's is it again:

High IQ link to being vegetarian
Intelligent children are more likely to become vegetarians later in life, a study says.
A Southampton University team found those who were vegetarian by 30 had recorded five IQ points more on average at the age of 10.

Researchers said it could explain why people with higher IQ were healthier as a vegetarian diet was linked to lower heart disease and obesity rates.

The study of 8,179 was reported in the British Medical Journal.

Twenty years after the IQ tests were carried out in 1970, 366 of the participants said they were vegetarian - although more than 100 reported eating either fish or chicken.

Men who were vegetarian had an IQ score of 106, compared with 101 for non-vegetarians; while female vegetarians averaged 104, compared with 99 for non-vegetarians.


We've always known that vegetarianism is an intelligent, compassionate choice benefiting animals, people and the environment
Liz O'Neill, of The Vegetarian Society

There was no difference in IQ score between strict vegetarians and those who said they were vegetarian but who reported eating fish or chicken.

Researchers said the findings were partly related to better education and higher occupational social class, but it remained statistically significant after adjusting for these factors.

Vegetarians were more likely to be female, to be of higher occupational social class and to have higher academic or vocational qualifications than non-vegetarians.

However, these differences were not reflected in their annual income, which was similar to that of non-vegetarians.

Lead researcher Catharine Gale said: "The finding that children with greater intelligence are more likely to report being vegetarian as adults, together with the evidence on the potential benefits of a vegetarian diet on heart health, may help to explain why higher IQ in childhood or adolescence is linked with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease in adult life."

Intelligence

However, she added the link may be merely an example of many other lifestyle preferences that might be expected to vary with intelligence, such as choice of newspaper, but which may or may not have implications for health.

Liz O'Neill, of the Vegetarian Society, said: "We've always known that vegetarianism is an intelligent, compassionate choice benefiting animals, people and the environment.

"Now we've got the scientific evidence to prove it. Maybe that explains why many meat-reducers are keen to call themselves vegetarians when even they must know that vegetarians don't eat chicken, turkey or fish."

But Dr Frankie Phillips, of the British Dietetic Association, said: "It is like the chicken and the egg. Do people become vegetarian because they have a very high IQ or is it just that they tend to be more aware of health issues?"

He he ...interesting article, Slackdemic. How have you been? I have been a vegeterian on and off (currently I am not) and as thrilled as I am to hear of the study, I guess it's apparent that corelation does not mean cause in this case, right?

"There was no difference in IQ score between strict vegetarians and those who said they were vegetarian but who reported eating fish or chicken."

I am reminded by that sentence of a professor from Bengal, who is no more, whom I used to know. The professor obsevered that people who ate fish consumed a good amount of pottasium and sodium and other elements that were used in the buliding of brain cells and while he didnt argue that it made them smarter, he felt it helped them keep their faculties sharp and alert into old age.

Thought I'd share that small anecdote with you. Hope you are having a good weekend.

:)

coo my gf is one i guess if i make a dumbass mistake she is always there to bail me out hahaha
100% meat eta right hur
peace

Hvent had any meat products since birth... Veg family. .sometimes i feel like what the hell lets try it, but havent have courage to do so.

Howdy, Captain! I have been good and pretty busy; thanks for asking. How have you been doing?

Yeah, the article is interesting, but maybe it may not be good idea to universalize that outcome of the research. Yeah, I have heard similar things about fish in the past. I don't know if you know Dr Bikashananda, but he said in one of his speeches that your memory will be sharper if you eat certain kind of fish (I don't know the name of the fish, though...and I'm vegeterian..maybe I just don't care to know...hehe). Similar things about eggs, he said, that the yellow part, yolk, is very good for memory.

But, hey, I just love being vegeterian! I never liked meat, but I respect non-vegs. If it doesn't smell "otherwise," I am fine to eat with non-vegeterians.

Thanks for sharing the anecdote! You too have a wonderful weekend! :)

hey, what is the link on BBC

Me, a vegeterian? You've got to be joking!

I eat anything that moves, and quite a lot that doesn't! :-) How about that! :-)

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Capt,

"""The professor obsevered that people who ate fish consumed a good amount of pottasium and sodium and other elements that were used in the buliding of brain cells and while he didnt argue that it made them smarter, he felt it helped them keep their faculties sharp and alert into old age.""""

So, I have got to keep on munching at my Haddock then! Blimey...

"I eat anything that moves, and quite a lot that doesn't! :-) How about that! :-)"

Omnivorous? But, when you say, "anything that moves," I do not want to think what you eat! :P Interesting-the way you said, though! :)

Paradox, here's the link that directs to the original article on BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6180753.stm

LOL SL, yeah I suppose - anything to bump up those Omega 3s. Haddock, salmon, sea-bass - you name it, ya? And they say as long as you keep changing the type of fish you eat, you'll be able to mitigate the risks of PCBs and mercury, so eating fish actually becomes a little less fishy :)

Slackdemic -

If it doesn't smell "otherwise," I am fine to eat with non-vegeterians.

If what doesn't smell - the food or the people? LOL!! I hope you mean the former :)

(No offense intented or taken)

Later!