Vegetarianism is causally correlated with negative mental well-being

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Vegetarian diets are associated with healthy mood states: a cross-sectional study in Seventh Day Adventist adults https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2887769/

Restriction of meat, fish, and poultry in omnivores improves mood: A pilot randomized controlled trial https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2...

Vegans in USA are Happier Than Meat-Eaters, Study Finds https://vegconomist.com/studies-and-numbers/vegans-in-usa-ar...

Genetically predisposed is what’s tested here, which begs the question what happens when someone is not genetically predisposed but chooses to be vegetarian?

It should be pointed out that if these studies were used to let’s say get rid of all people with high levels of neuroticism which is linked with obsessives we would probably have far less innovation in the world.

> It should be pointed out that if these studies were used to let’s say get rid of all people with high levels of neuroticism which is linked with obsessives we would probably have far less innovation in the world.

Please could you prove that? As far as I am aware, high IQ is not associated with higher rates of mental illness, though the myth persists. IQ also negatively correlates with neuroticism.[^0]

[^0]: https://x.com/datepsych/status/1840069733959512506

I didn't say anything about IQ. I didn't say anything about mental illness.

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