--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > authfriend wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > >> authfriend wrote: > >> > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Jeff Fischer wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hagen J. Holtz" > >>>>> <hagen.j.holtz@> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Vegetarians are more intelligent. > >>>>> > >>>>> How many here are vegetarians? Vegans? > >>>>> I'm not. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> Studies like these don't take into account biochemical > >>>> individuality and should be disregarded as a reason for > >>>> anyone to switch their diet. Go by ayurveda or metabolic > >>>> typing instead. > >>>> > >>> The point of the study was that more intelligent > >>> people are more likely to chose to be vegetarians, > >>> not that being a vegetarian makes you more > >>> intelligent. > >>> > >> That's how you construe the article but I see nothing > >> that says that. > > > > Read it again: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/y6hj8h > > > > Here's another article on the same study: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/yljk43 > > > I was referring to the first article and found a few > minutes ago when looking at Yahoo.
The second URL above is the Yahoo article. The first article is the first URL above. Both of them are reporting on the same study. I think the Yahoo > byline is a little misleading and would dispute that > is the point of the research but that it was one > theory expounded. No, that *was* the point of the research. It isn't a matter of opinion. See the British Medical Journal, where the study was published: http://tinyurl.com/yc4865 "Conclusion: Higher scores for IQ in childhood are associated with an increased likelihood of being a vegetarian as an adult." The Yahoo story headline: "Kids With High IQs Grow Up to Be Vegetarians" The headline is on the nose, not at all misleading. > >> Truly intelligent people seek the correct diet for their body. > > > > Right. The study looked only at vegetarians vs. > > non-vegetarians, but it found that the vegetarians > > had been more intelligent as children than the > > nonvegetarians. > > > > As I said, it wasn't about trying to convince > > people to become vegetarians so they would be > > more intelligent. The vegetarians were more > > intelligent to start with, as children. > > > Yes but some people will use it as an excuse and > wind up sick as a result. Non sequitur.
