The BBC: "Vegans are Thick"

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How a vegan diet could affect your intelligence

The vegan diet is low in – or, in some cases, entirely devoid of – several important brain nutrients. Could these shortcomings be affecting vegans' abilities to think?

www.bbc.com

 

[Clive]

this is news ?

 

[Barleycorn]

I know I've never met a vegan with a sense of humour!

 

[Bogweevil]

My boss is a vegan - gonna hold my tongue, tho' to be fair she is pretty sharp.

 

[primmiemoo]

I know I've never met a vegan with a sense of humour!

I have. Lovely sense of humour. They did look permanently unwell, though.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I think most vegans are deranged
Well the ones I’ve had the misfortune of coming into contact with were

 

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I think most vegans are deranged
Well the ones I’ve had the misfortune of coming into contact with were

probably you’ve just met the shouty ones. I’m sure there are plenty of nice ones. I posted the thread in jest, but the health consequences are pretty severe. Between that and the uptick in use and strength of cannabis I’m actually pretty worried what the state of Mental health of the nation will look like in 20 years. If you think how much stress and a drain on the economy all the dementia currently is, I think it is nothing compared to what it will look like on the future.

 

[vantage]

probably you’ve just met the shouty ones. I’m sure there are plenty of nice ones. I posted the thread in jest, but the health consequences are pretty severe. Between that and the uptick in use and strength of cannabis I’m actually pretty worried what the state of Mental health of the nation will look like in 20 years. If you think how much stress and a drain on the economy all the dementia currently is, I think it is nothing compared to what it will look like on the future.

Currently 1 in 100 members of the public are vegan. The amount of coverage they receive one would think it was 99 in 100! It will take one hell of a swing in consumption to change things to that which you post!

 

[Raider112]

That's from the BBC? maybe the threat of legal action from the NFU is persuading them to become more balanced. Maybe the vegans will be glad to see the end of January as there seems to be a lot of negative stories about the eating disorder/fad in the last few days, the tide is definitely turning.

 

[Turkish_FR]

Vegetarian brain cells probably are not able to carry signals at an adequate level due to lack of some vital micronutrients and this may result in some mental retardation. Once a person become vegeterian we cant expect them to think healty and understand their mistake, maybe they should be forced by security forces to eat some meat. lmfaosakfncsd

 

[Yale]

Currently 1 in 100 members of the public are vegan. The amount of coverage they receive one would think it was 99 in 100! It will take one hell of a swing in consumption to change things to that which you post!

They are not vegan,just vegetarian but that’s not as trendy.

 

[Dave6170]

 

[Muddyroads]

On Jeremy Vines “what makes us human” slot a few weeks ago, Professor Robert Winston began his essay saying that Homo sapiens came about when our predecessors began eating meat. This aided the development of the brain into what we have now.
If you look closely, many vegans have surprisingly small heads!

 

[Jackov Altraids]

I think this is unfair and outrageous.

They obviously weren't that smart in the first place.?

 

[Lowland1]

My daughter is a vegan two A* and an A at a levels very good university place. My wife is a vegetarian and she worked as a Vet for 25 years and now does my agronomy. Me I love meat I drive a tractor.

 

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My daughter is a vegan two A* and an A at a levels very good university place. My wife is a vegetarian and she worked as a Vet for 25 years and now does my agronomy. Me I love meat I drive a tractor.

One sparrow doesn’t make a spring

 

[Lowland1]

One sparrow doesn’t make a spring

Yes but i am using my tractor to grow vegetables so maybe I'm on to something.

 

[GeorgeK]

Something fishy going on with this article... try getting to it from bbc.co.uk, I don't think you can. Almost like it has been hidden. Look at the web address, it's actually bbc.com, people in the UK don't use this site.
Perhaps they've written it so they can argue their reporting is balanced, but most people will never see it

 

[Turkish_FR]

My daughter is a vegan two A* and an A at a levels very good university place. My wife is a vegetarian and she worked as a Vet for 25 years and now does my agronomy. Me I love meat I drive a tractor.

If your daugter was not a vegan she could be at A++++ level in universty and your wife could work for 50 years. If you were vegan you could drive only a toy tractor on the carpet lol

 

[Lowland1]

I could just about manage to be a vegetarian but the idea of veganism defeats me. However I make my living growing veg so I have all bases covered. You can eat them on their own or in a cheesy sauce or alternatively add meat and gravy.