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...