The Health & Wellness Show: Broccoli for Brains: Do you have to be mental to be a vegan?

You're not casting aspersions as no one's reputation is at stake, save for the YT shooter, who can't sue from where she's sent herself. Instead, you've cherry-picked cases of people who have a high probability of undiagnosed mental illness doing harm to themselves and others in order to hamstring a mostly bulletproof diet... because you needed content. Ok. Slap on the wrist, for you. This is also poor journalism in an age of Orwellian decay in mass media. It's just as scientific to suggest that all(true) single male nerds are homosexual because they don't have girlfriends.

But it's still a fad, this vegan-ism, driven by social media momentum. We all know that. Just like gender re-assignment- in the context of social acceptance, that is. What other energy or agendas the trans movement may represent, even in a modality as innocent as personal liberation, is debatable.

But no one suggests a causal link between mental illness and gender-dissociative behaviors or considers the overwhelming psychiatric histories of people who elect for sex reassignment or the the fact that the APA has turned the psychiatric institution into a transgender factory mill by enforcing the 'gender affirmative' stance far and wide. That would be too much of a buzzkill; people tend to react with anger when you present these facts. But, the fallacy therein about the trans population is based on cognitive dissonance, while this tripe about vegans and insanity is based on hot air and bad science.

And as for the YT shooter, you are feeding into the tribal paranoia that has allowed so many otherwise rational people to assign judgement upon a dietary fad based upon the actions of its adherents. If you want to say that taking my bread butter-side down(no butter, rather) is a causal link for insanity[read: fuel for vilifying the Other], then you've missed out on some vital formative education from the great Dr. Seuss.

'Evidence' that vegetarian diets are linked to mental disorders has been published via flim-flam research studies, which will always state that their methodology either does not prove a causal role or will outright admit that the population sampling was potentially flawed, because they're scientists and they have to. Pro tip: you have to find the actual studies, not the secondary literature, which in the case of the proposed linkage between vegetarianism and insanity, will most likely be by some nameless hack.

Meanwhile, mental illness continues to be an unspoken scourge. Anti-psychotics and benzodiazepine are habit forming and give people a lifetime of failing health. Opiods killed 52,000 in 2015 and another 20.5 million aged 12 or older admitted to addiction. The five deadliest shootings in United States history since 2007 and every one of them was carried out by males with all the red flags, not to mention Parkland, which history will remember as a textbook example of untreated mental illness leading to spilled blood.

Here's a real article(below) put up by a non-profit which describes risks to mental health brought on by foods, most of which, I'm sorry to say, comes from meat toxicity. It even has that warning about B-12 and suicidality critics of veganism are so fond of mentioning. At any rate, let's all fall back on 'fair and unbiased,' what do you say?

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Interesting, I'll check that out. I hope it has some current facts and covers a larger rising demographic than the US as mentioned because veganism in Germany is in the lead for producing meat alternatives and has a larger following as well as many other European countries other than US. Why use US as an example? One of the most unhealthy countries. Going to include the diets of the healthiest like Okinawans? (very little protein but hi carbs and veg) not a particularly obese crowd either. I'm looking forward to perhaps hearing the link to meat consumption and depression recently discovered, which makes sense considering the the 3 yogic eating types.Tamasic food, one being meat, causes one to be angry, moody and depressed. Sattva people who eat veg, fruit and seeds, nuts lean towards happiness and optimism. That's some old teachings there, hard to argue that one.

There are concerns with a new vegan diet that hopefully get addressed on the program in regards to over use of sugary vegan junk food, oil and grains, it's apparent by now that certain body types have an allergic reaction to certain grains. Since b12 has been fit with additives to plant milk and supplements, maybe we can stop hearing how that and collagen and protein has to be filtered through a carcass before we consume for max nutrition? I really would love to hear the reaction to the discovery that vegans have 13-15% percent more testosterone than meat eaters. Ouch, that one must hurt the large number of ppl that still think meat is all tied up with masculinity! To others, meat still represents wealth and status. A few simply feel entitled to meat while caring nothing for an animal or could happily

hunt and dress their food no prob. Some are deeply disturbed by the practice and or dislike the taste of meat and have reactions to dairy, many diff reasons. Realistically, we have been gluttonous about animal products and it's all changing quickly, and more sustainably now. Wonder what the"real underlying reason" is as mentioned in the article is but since Sott has quite a few refs to how great meat and Keto is, I believe it will be out of veganism's favour. Sucks for the many who lack lipase and cannot process fats easily, they end up with hi cholesterol and sluggish thyroid, constipation. Maybe that's what that Dr. who ate meat for a yr had? His levels showed he was in a diabetic state, very hi cholesterol, and very low testosterone. Shocker.

He's on YT and so is Earthing Ed, Mic the Vegan, Joey Carbstrong, huge knowledge and strong valid points, much more than I could focus on and remember. No, I don't think they suffer from mental illness either.

Also please do some fact finding and be wary of the Vegetarian Myth, it was popular at its inception but has faced criticism as the author has relied heavily on Wikipedia, opinions on how it didn't work for her as she 'binged out on dairy every chance she got' and still had health issues, and a lack of facts to support her claims.

Thanks for letting me rant!