On Feb 23, 2005, at 5:11 am, Bridgeland Thomas wrote:
> http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050221/full/050221-5.html
>
>
> ...Kids who were fed meat also outperformed their peers in tests of
> intelligence, problem solving and arithmetic. "The group that received
> the meat supplements were more active in the playground, more talkative
> and playful, and showed more leadership skills," Allen said...
>
>

Meat supplements sounds strange!  I have this image of children all
stopping at 11 to swallow a precisely measured 100ml liquidised steak
capsule!  I believe it was either a post or link on here that claimed
that the switch from meat to grains over the last 30 000 years
correleates to a decrease in brain size of 11%.

I've always wondered why there are so many stupid people around.  I
don't mean this in an arrogant way- it's just there are plenty of
people I've known that could never in a million years survive as a
hunter-gatherer.  Certainly, I've met enough that if it was genetic,
the genes would never have lasted this long.  I guess the brain is like
everything else (bones, muscles, organs), and if fed the wrong food it
just can't develop.

I can't resist a bit of cross-posting- this story came up just the
other day.  No idea how many times it's been forwarded but it's good as
a parable, never mind a story:

> I have two friends (were married, now separated) that have three boys.
> They are
> strictly vegan and raise their boys that way. The husband would try to
> drag me
> into debates about it, but I would shrug and dig into my steak and
> make happy chomping noises.
>
> One day .. I was eating a burger (no bun of course!) and their oldest
> (who was
> five at the time) kept eyeing it. I could tell he wasn't having a
> whole lot of
> fun with his tofu patty. He kept the surreptious glances coming ..
> then quick as
> lighting he grabbed the burger off my plate and shoved it in his
> mouth. You
> should have seen his parents jump out of their chairs, "OH MY GOD!
> Take that out
> of your MOUTH EWWWWW!" He refused to take it out of his mouth. I'm
> like "Guys,
> surely he isn't old enough to make political choices about eating." He
> clearly
> craved it and enjoyed it. Funny, we haven't eaten together since. Ha
> ha ha ha...