If you don't eat fish/dairy/egg , your basically malnurished. Do vegans have low IQ?

Question

I'm not talking about red meat. I don't eat red meat.

Answer 1

Your an idiot... this isn't the first vegan bashing post you've made!! Veganisim requires a more indepth knowledge of what your body needs and what different food types give you! If anything i expect your average vegan is better nurished than your average omnivoure...

How many times do you need to be told that all the nutriants and vitimins you get from animal products you CAN get from plant foods?!?! why wont you believe it? and why give people such a hard time for simply opting out of somthing???? what's wrong with you?

At any rate, the interest vegans have in their bodies, the enviroment and general morality would perhaps suggest a higher degree of intellect and understanding...

Answer 2

Eating an organic vegan diet is one of the healthiest things a person can do for them self and the planet!

If a person is sensible, they can pretty much just give up meat and dairy and not worry about what they are eating, and be a lot better off!
Eat a wide variety of plant based foods, fruits vegetables, whole grains... limit salt, sugar, alcohol, refined grains, maintain a healthy weight, excersize
The biggest concerns (or excuses) that still arise, when one mentions being vegetarian or vegan, is "How do you get enough protein?" While most of these people asking actually have no idea on how much protein is really necessary. They are still in the mind set of "meat is protein… you need protein… you need meat…" Where in reality protein is simply amino acids, and your body cannot tell the difference between amino acids whether it comes from a cow or a potato or a laboratory. A better question they should ask themselves is "How do you get enough vegetables? Enough vitamins? Enough fiber? A lot more people get too much protein, that is "wasted" than who suffer from protein deficiencies. Besides, too much protein has been even found to lead to things like prostate cancer among other diseases, and once your body has it's daily supply that it needs, it is just used as calories and converted to fat, which can be done easier and usually less expensive with carbohydrates and/or fats themselves.
There is also an old fashioned idea that you need to "combine foods" at the same time to make it a complete protein….. That is false. As long as you are eating a variety of foods everyday you don't have to worry about that at all. You can eat beans for, say, dinner and then rice the next day for dinner, and your body will combine the amino acids making it complete. Although, beans and rice are great together so often are eaten at the same time anyway. As are nuts and grains..... like a peanut butter (nuts) sandwich (bread/grain) = complete protein. Soy is a complete protein in itself, and since soy is such a mainstay in most vegan and vegetarian diet, no one needs to worry about complete proteins ever.

Also people can live very well on soya milk, rice milk, soya yogart, soya cheese, and use egg substitute for cakes etc. I dont see the problem.

Answer 3

So, another clueless wonder walks among us. How can you make such a generalized statement, when you clearly know nothing about it? I eat no fish, egg, or commercial dairy, and I am not malnourished in the least-in fact my recent blood profile showed all of my minerals, nutrients and vitamin levels were above normal. I have several college degrees, run my own successful business from home, and answer to no one but myself. Low IQ:? Nope, not here. You on the other hand show not only a low IQ, but a very narrow mind indeed. If you did your homework, you would know that vegans and vegetarians can thrive on their diet. If you like eating dead animals, knock yourself out, but don't rag on vegs just because you strive to be like us, but obviously lack the knowledge, courage and open mind enough to do so. Not eating red meat means nothing-meat is meat, despite its color. I hate to burst your closed minded little bubble, but facts are facts-and unless you are in possession of those facts, I suggest you wander to another category on answers where you might actually have something worth saying. May I suggest Polls and Surveys?

Answer 4

When would some of you start researching about a subject before making yourself look stupid here?

Fish is known to contain mercury and mercury is known to cause brain damage.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2004/02/07/mercury_fetal_damage_linked/

http://www.fishinghurts.com/healthConcerns.asp

http://www.benbest.com/health/mercury.html




As for dairy it's rich in toxins, pesticides, chemicals, hormones, and antibiotics. Chemicals fed to cows are transferred to milk and then blissfully ignorant folks like
yourself consume it.

I don't see how buying into the lies the dairy industry provides you with makes you have a higher I.Q. Also you will be happy to know every time you drink a cup of milk you take in a very significant amount of pus.

http://www.milksucks.com/pus.asp

http://www.lammd.com/A3R_brief_in_doc_format/2003-No2-Milk.cfm

Answer 5

The protein quality from fish, dairy and egg can be matched by combining the correct plant food sources, such as rice and soy, rice and lentils, corn and legumes, wheat and legumes. Research "complementary protein".

Your assumption, "vegans are malnourished" is wrong, so your conclusion, "vegans have low IQs" is also wrong.

Answer 6

Wow, your expression of the level of intelligence that you are able to maintain on your diet, would make me want to stop eating fish/dairy/egg, if I ate it.

Thanks for the strong argument for veganism. Obviously the high levels of mercury in the fish you eat has begun to affect your own IQ levels, better get that checked.

Open your mind enough to do some research into it, before you jump to conclusions. I would love having you as a student in one of my classes, you would fail miserably making those kinds of assumptions.

Answer 7

The American Dietetic Association, the foremost authority on nutrition, says that well-planned vegan diets are perfectly healthy.

"It is the position of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada that appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate and provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases.... A vegetarian, including vegan, diet can meet current recommendations for all of these nutrients....Well-planned vegan and other types of vegetarian diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood and adolescence."

Just look at these vegan bodybuilders / athletes: http://veganbodybuilding.com/?page=bios

Answer 8

Actually, studies have shown quite the opposite.

And as far as being malnourished if you don't eat animal products, you clearly don't know what you are talking about.
If you're not eating red meat but you're still eating other animal products you're still eating animal protein you dolt. It still has cholesterol and animal proteins that contribute to disease.

Answer 9

I have a low IQ, but you're the one who spelled malnourished wrong...
You also obviously don't know the difference between "your" and "you're"...

Maybe it's brain damage from all that fish you eat...

Answer 10

um actually studies have proven that vegans are SMARTER than both meat eaters and vegetarians.