Meat-Free Diets May Be Bad For The Brain

OXFORD, England─A meat-free diet may be bad for the brain, according to Oxford University researchers.

Those on a vegan or vegetarian diet are six times more likely to have brain shrinkage due to lack of vitamin B₁₂.

"This study suggests that simply adjusting our diets to consume more Vitamin B₁₂ through eating meat, fish, fortified cereals or milk may...prevent brain shrinkage and so perhaps save our memory," said study researcher Anna Vogiatzoglou. "Research shows that Vitamin B₁₂ deficiency is a public health problem, especially among the elderly, so more Vitamin B₁₂ intake could help reverse this problem."