That analysis examined 20 studies on meat consumption and mental health, and found an association between vegetarianism or veganism and poorer mental-health outcomes.
"How many people have you met that are both happy and diet all the time?" Urska Dobersek, a psychologist at the University of Southern Indiana who co-authored the analysis, told Insider. "Probably very few - and there is a strong, scientific reason for that - restrictive diets make people unhealthy and unhappy in the long term."
Any potential causal link, however, is still debated. Although some studies suggest that nutritional deficiencies associated with vegan diets can be linked to depression, it's possible that depression and anxiety may precede someone's decision to go meat-free. "Meat avoidance may be both the 'chicken' and the 'egg' when it comes to mental illness," Dobersek said.An employee prepares steak tips at Stew Leonard's grocery store.The research included in the new analysis spans the years from 2001 to mid-2020, and includes nearly 172,000 participants across four continents. Of that group, about 158,000 people ate meat and 13,000 did not.
All but two of the studies relied on questionnaires in which respondents self-reported whether they ate meat or not, then answered prompts about whether they experienced anxiety and depression.
Haha ironic people become vegans to become healthy but actually make them unhealthy in the long term. Thankfully I'm a carnivore.
Duh
No wonder Army days was the worst time in my life. Lousy food. Cheap ingredient. Lousy cook.
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