Health & Wellness
Writing in the health journal BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health, Dr. Emma Derbyshire says a plant-based diet lacks choline — a key nutrient for mental development. It is mainly found in beef, eggs, dairy, fish and chicken.
According to Derbyshire, studies suggest low levels in pregnancy can harm the fetus and raise the child's risk of memory and brainpower problems.
Nutritionists also say nine in 10 adults are lacking in choline and that will worsen as more ditch meat and eggs.
"It could leave many women of childbearing age deficient in this key nutrient," Derbyshire said.
"We are at risk of dumbing down the brainpower of the next generation."
In 1998, recognizing the importance of choline, the US Institute of Medicine recommended minimum daily intakes. These range from 425 mg/day for women to 550 mg/day for men, and 450 mg/day and 550 mg/day for pregnant and breastfeeding women, respectively.
But Derbyshire told BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health that pregnant vegans can take supplements.
Reader Comments
Worse than someone who raised millenials you mean ? After all, they are just results of stupid ass upbringing.I can agree with you here, to an extent. Upbringing? The overwhelming majority of Millennials were raised in single parent broken homes, by absentee parents, or pawned off on grandparents at best, and yet the gen X parents that created the problem and the boomer generation before them who were handed everything and are still siphoning all they can for themselves to this day are scratching their heads in obliviousness.
you maybe have parent issues you shouldn't project?
or you should just think a little deeper?
your comment in my opinion really was a cheap cop out towards any real debate thought.
Here is the thing, it's parents job to raise the kids though, not schools, neither the streets. No wonder why parents bitch at teachers nowadays: why my child gets bad grades, why my child behavior is so poor. Oh, no, how did we end up with generation "whatever". Is it not the adults/parents who build upon society and define the environment ? Whats the role of adults in creating next generation, do tell, cause according to you they are not responsible for any kinds of shits, or at least not responsible for consequences of their consent/doing.
Sometimes I think the driving force behind our global wars, and the choice of US global real estate, is the siting of the base next to ocean breezes bring oxygen, and the crushing of high intelligence of areas that do not need to expose the people to carbon dioxide, is a despicable intended outcome of global power.
She said they were easier to catch and didn't struggle as much.
Comment: Choline is just the beginning. The vegan diet, no matter how much it's supplemented, is woefully deficient in a number of micro and macro nutrients leading to degenerating health. Adults choosing to malnourish themselves is one thing - forcing it on children is criminal.
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