Guest guest Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Sorry I couldn't get rid of the ad! Eating veggies shrinks the brain14 Sep 2008, 0103 hrs IST,AGENCIES MELBOURNE: Scientists have discovered that going veggie could be bad for your brain-with those on a meat-free diet six times more likely to suffer brain shrinkage. Vegans and vegetarians are the most likely to be deficient because the best sources of the vitamin are meat, par- ticularly liver, milk and fish. Vitamin B12 deficiency can also cause anaemia and inflammation of the nervous system. Yeast extracts are one of the few vegetarian foods which provide good levels of the vitamin. The link was discovered by Oxford University scientists who used memory tests, physical checks and brain scans to examine 107 people between the ages of 61 and 87. When the volunteers were retested five years later the medics found those with the lowest levels of vitamin B12 were also the most likely to have brain shrinkage. It confirms earlier research showing a link between brain atrophy and low levels of B12. Brain scans of more than 1,800 people found that people who downed 14 drinks or more a week had 1.6% more brain shrinkage than teetotallers. Women in their seventies were the most at risk. Beer does less damage than wine according to a study in Alcohol and Alcoholism. Researchers found that the hippocampus-the part of the brain that stores memories - was 10% smaller in beer drinkers than those who stuck to wine. And being overweight or obese is linked to brain loss, Swedish researchers discovered. Scans of around 300 women found that those with brain shrink had an average body mass index of 27. And for every one point increase in their BMI the loss rose by 13 to 16%. Cliff " This is like deja vu all over again. " - Yogi Berra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 I will believe that article when I see cow's jump over the moon at night. Gene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 I read that article this morning too.? It's really?all about getting enough B-12.?? All it takes is a little common sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 How true and everything is fortified. All the soy milks, etc. I was wondering if the ads on the link were for the meat industry. Say a prayer for the common foot soldier Spare a thought for his back breaking work Say a prayer for his wife and his children Who burn the fires and who still till the earth SOURCE: Stones - Salt of the Earth --- On Mon, 9/15/08, TendrMoon <TendrMoon wrote: TendrMoon <TendrMoon Re: Re: Found this while surfing... Monday, September 15, 2008, 9:09 AM I read that article this morning too.? It's really?all about getting enough B-12.?? All it takes is a little common sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 My meat eating friend eats no vegetables and she isn't even 30 and is anemic, borderline diabetic, high cholesterol, constant indigestion, and high blood pressure. I'm sure if she keeps up her bad habits with meat and junk food she won't make it to 50. I will stay on my vegetarian diet thank you very much. Fiona , Donnalilacflower <thelilacflower wrote: > > How true and everything is fortified. All the soy milks, etc. > I was wondering if the ads on the link were for the meat industry. > > --- On Mon, 9/15/08, TendrMoon <TendrMoon wrote: > > TendrMoon <TendrMoon > Re: Re: Found this while surfing... > > Monday, September 15, 2008, 9:09 AM > > I read that article this morning too.? It's really?all about getting enough B-12.?? All it takes is a little common sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 So that's what's happened, I could hear this rattling around in my head for years and always wondered what it was...now I know...it's my brain. On 15-Sep-08, at 11:47 AM, Cliff Taylor wrote: Sorry I couldn't get rid of the ad! > >Eating veggies shrinks the brain14 Sep 2008, 0103 hrs IST,AGENCIES > > MELBOURNE: Scientists have discovered that going veggie could be bad > for your brain-with those on a meat-free diet six times more likely to > suffer brain shrinkage. Vegans and vegetarians are the most likely to > be deficient because the best sources of the vitamin are meat, par- > ticularly liver, milk and fish. Vitamin B12 deficiency can also cause > anaemia and inflammation of the nervous system. > Yeast extracts are one of the few vegetarian foods which provide good > levels of the vitamin. The link was discovered by Oxford University > scientists who used memory tests, physical checks and brain scans to > examine 107 people between the ages of 61 and 87. When the volunteers > were retested five years later the medics found those with the lowest > levels of vitamin B12 were also the most likely to have brain > shrinkage. > It confirms earlier research showing a link between brain atrophy and > low levels of B12. Brain scans of more than 1,800 people found that > people who downed 14 drinks or more a week had 1.6% more brain > shrinkage than teetotallers. Women in their seventies were the most at > risk. Beer does less damage than wine according to a study in Alcohol > and Alcoholism. Researchers found that the hippocampus-the part of the > brain that stores memories - was 10% smaller in beer drinkers than > those who stuck to wine. And being overweight or obese is linked to > brain loss, Swedish researchers discovered. Scans of > around 300 women found that those with brain shrink had an average > body mass index of 27. > And for every one point increase in their BMI the loss rose by 13 to > 16%. > > Cliff > > " This is like deja vu all over again. " - Yogi Berra > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 I can back you up on this, I saw a video that is from that was on Fox news that says the same thing. Not that I agree with changing my diet...But the reporter is also incorrect. She said that some " vegans eat fish " . Vegans do not eat any animal products. I am including the link, I hope it works. http://cosmos.bcst./up/player/popup/index.php?cl=9748248 , Cliff Taylor <filbert23 wrote: Sorry I couldn't get rid of the ad! > > Eating veggies shrinks the brain14 Sep 2008, 0103 hrs IST,AGENCIES > > > > > > > > > > > MELBOURNE: Scientists have discovered that going veggie could be bad for your brain-with those on a meat-free diet six times more likely to suffer brain shrinkage. Vegans and vegetarians are the most likely to be deficient because the best sources of the vitamin are meat, par- > ticularly liver, milk and fish. Vitamin B12 deficiency can also cause anaemia and inflammation of the nervous system. > Yeast extracts are one of the few vegetarian foods which provide good levels of the vitamin. The link was discovered by Oxford University scientists who used memory tests, physical checks and brain scans to examine 107 people between the ages of 61 and 87. When the volunteers were retested five years later the medics found those with the lowest levels of vitamin B12 were also the most likely to have brain shrinkage. > It confirms earlier research showing a link between brain atrophy and low levels of B12. Brain scans of more than 1,800 people found that people who downed 14 drinks or more a week had 1.6% more brain shrinkage than teetotallers. Women in their seventies were the most at risk. Beer does less damage than wine according to a study in Alcohol and Alcoholism. Researchers found that the hippocampus-the part of the brain that stores memories - was 10% smaller in beer drinkers than those who stuck to wine. And being overweight or obese is linked to brain loss, Swedish researchers discovered. Scans of > around 300 women found that those with brain shrink had an average body mass index of 27. > And for every one point increase in their BMI the loss rose by 13 to 16%. > > > > > Cliff > > " This is like deja vu all over again. " - Yogi Berra > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Not to worry. We veggies can afford to lose some, because we are smarter in the first place! Is this what happened to Albert Einstein? He was a vegetarian (though perhaps for only the final year of his life). Upon his death his brain was weighed, and came in about a pound lighter than the average human think-muscle. Gee, I'd hate to be like him... Padmasanadave. " As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. " --Pythagoras Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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