Ok, so there are potentially lower amounts of protein and taurine in vegetarian diets (although I suspect that many people would disagree with you there) - how does this link to depression?
Oh, there's a wealth of epidemiological evidence for the good health of vegetarians. I linked to quite a few studies in my blog. I don't think it's necessarily causal, but the effect is extremely solid i.e.https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/337301 …
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You specifically complained about there not being comparisons in the mental health studies comparing no meat vs meat included. I'm saying there aren't any studies comparing no plants vs plants included.
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Oh, right misunderstood. Yes absolutely true, but I thought we were arguing about whether vegetarians were at an increased risk of depression, not whether carnivores were
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I see a solid weak association. Those relative risks aren't particularly impressive.
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Well, epidemiology is about more than relative risks. I think it's entirely uncontroversial to say that vegetarians tend to live longer, healthier lives than the average non-vegetarian. The causal mechanism is the question
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