How old will you live?

ecchi · 2005-02-22, 01:13 PM

RE "I think it's because we don't drink alcohol and are vegetarians" Doubt it, apart from the fact that people who drink moderately (NB. the word "moderately") live on average longer that teetotallers, and have a 10% LESS chance of a heart attack, this article was in the papers this morning:

A row erupted yesterday after an expert said youngsters brought up as strict vegetarians suffered mental and physical problems that could affect them for the rest of their lives.

Lindsay Allen, from the University of California at Davis, found just two spoonfuls of meat a day given to children on a vegetarian diet could produce a dramatic and permanent improvement in their physical and mental development. The study took place in Kenya, where children are fed almost exclusively on staple crops. Their diet lacked many of the micro-nutrients essential for the growth of brain and muscle tissue, Professor Allen said. "It's applicable to the West as well. There have been studies on vegetarian women [in Europe and the US] and their children are very developmentally delayed," she added.

2005-02-22, 01:13 PM	#11
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	RE "I think it's because we don't drink alcohol and are vegetarians" Doubt it, apart from the fact that people who drink moderately (NB. the word "moderately") live on average longer that teetotallers, and have a 10% LESS chance of a heart attack, this article was in the papers this morning: A row erupted yesterday after an expert said youngsters brought up as strict vegetarians suffered mental and physical problems that could affect them for the rest of their lives. Lindsay Allen, from the University of California at Davis, found just two spoonfuls of meat a day given to children on a vegetarian diet could produce a dramatic and permanent improvement in their physical and mental development. The study took place in Kenya, where children are fed almost exclusively on staple crops. Their diet lacked many of the micro-nutrients essential for the growth of brain and muscle tissue, Professor Allen said. "It's applicable to the West as well. There have been studies on vegetarian women [in Europe and the US] and their children are very developmentally delayed," she added.