> your brain really does want you to eat more veggies<p>Meat/fish is also important for the brain as it is a good source of vitamin B12. Even a slight deficiency of this vitamin can cause mental problems. This is something to be aware of when following a vegetarian diet.
The following story is for anyone who thinks you can't get strong or be a body builder on a plant-based only diet:<p>Jim Morris - 78 year old vegan body builder<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUtv4slpm-U" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUtv4slpm-U</a>
This thread is just endless collection of n=1 observations. This is how it goes =<p>- I eat meat and I am healthy<p>- No, I am vegetarian and I can run faster than you<p>- No, I eat meat but I also eat peas and I can read better than you.<p>You know what? Maybe all of you are right and maybe all of us don't need exactly the same food that is good your somebody else.<p>Geez!! :-)
Not only is a plant based diet healthy, and every study that tells otherwise is obviously paid by the livestock industry; it's also the only environmentally sustainable diet. I really don't get how so many highly intelligent people acknowledge those facts and still put their tastebuds over everything else. It's not like vegan food can't be absolutely delicious either.
I stopped reading when the author admitted that every point he had made in the first two paragraphs about diet causing depression were based on observational studies for which it is not strictly possible to draw such conclusions.