Dragonbreath wrote:

> Scientists have found that consuming vegetarian, meat-free diet
> leads to brain shrinkage.
This is a LIE; the study did NOT concern plant-based diets, and did
NOT even mention plant-based diets.

> According to researchers, vegans and vegetarians are the most
> likely to be deficient because the best sources of the vitamin are
> meat, particularly liver, milk and fish.
LIE, http://www.ecologos.org/B-12.htm, documents the fact that people
eating a plant-based diet are NOT subject to B-12 deficiency as your
ongoing, mindless meatarian-propaganda falsely claims.

> Yeast extracts are one of the few vegetarian foods which provide
> good levels of the vitamin, reports Courier Mail.
Newspapers are NOT sources of scientifically-credible information.

> When the volunteers were retested five years later the medics found
> those with the lowest levels of vitamin B12 were also the most
> likely to have brain shrinkage.
Not relevant to plant-based diets.

> Also, in a new study it was found that drinking too much alcohol
> can lead to brain shrinkage.
Irrelevant to plant-based diets.

Dragonbreath; IF YOU REFUSE to function at the eighth-grade level of
science, PLEASE LEAVE a.f.v.s. Your propaganda will not be tolerated.

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