A Vegetarian Diet Shrinks the Brain

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: September 18, 2008 6:49:53 AM EDT
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] A Vegetarian Diet Shrinks the Brain

[Note:  This item comes from friend Mike Cheponis.  DLH]

From: Mike Cheponis <mac () wireless com>
Date: September 16, 2008 8:52:53 AM PDT
Subject: A Vegetarian Diet Shrinks the Brain (fwd)

According to a new study, vegetarians and vegans are six times more  
likely to suffer from brain shrinkage than meat eaters

The link was discovered after scientists at Oxford University ran  
memory tests, physical checks and brain scans on 107 people between  
the ages of 61and 87, and then retested them five years later.

Researchers speculate the loss of brain mass in vegetarians and vegans  
is due to a deficiency of Vitamin B12, which is found in meat, fish  
and eggs. This type of brain atrophy is linked to Alzheimer's Disease  
and other cognitive failings.

The decision to eat meat is often attacked by veggies, but it now  
seems as though these kinds of affronts may just be a product of small- 
mindedness.

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