4 ms·

I am a vegetarian, and consume very little animal fat. My brains works just fine. Generally this article goes against massive amount of evidence that vegetable

I am a vegetarian, and consume very little animal fat. My brains works just fine. Generally this article goes against massive amount of evidence that vegetable fats just healthier than animal fats.

virtuexru 8y ago
> My brains works just fine. I'm sure this wasn't meant to be funny but it gave me a good laugh and brightened up my morning so thank you! :)
- rootusrootus 8y ago
  I'm glad I wasn't the only one to chuckle when I read that. Kind of a guilty laugh, admittedly.
- IWeldMelons 8y ago
  You are very welcome. I am not sure what exactly was funny, but I, and much of the other commenters here, are not native speaker of English, and, as the result, occasionally make linguistical blunders.
rossdavidh 8y ago
I think "vegetable fats" is too broad a term here. I have been a vegetarian for 32 years, and my brain also works just fine, but there are certainly some vegetable sources that are not great for you. The vegetable oils that get used in lots of processed foods, that are not part of any traditional diet, are especially suspect.
lelima 8y ago
"My brains works just fine" What if the article is true and you are only using, let's say 80% of your capacity. It will be fun if you try to make some Sudoku or something similar and test the time, then eat those animal meat and try it out. eg: When I drink coffee I become at least 20% better solving problems
- IWeldMelons 8y ago
  Since I switched to vegetarian diet, my own observations suggest, my mental abilities, have actially improved.
- svrtknst 8y ago
  > When I drink coffee I become at least 20% better solving problems That's intereseting. Is this something you have measured, logged, and accounted for other factors (e.g. via double-blinding etc)?
dalore 8y ago
Plenty of smokers smoked and lived long healthy lives. It's the same point you're making. There is a massive amount of evidence the the healthy fats are animals fats, coconut oil, avocado oils etc and not the "vegetables" oils which aren't really vegetables.
- IWeldMelons 8y ago
  If you are nitpicking the word "vegetable", you are free to replace it with "plant".
  - dalore 8y ago
    Point is that they picked the word vegetable to make it sound healthy and palatable. Before that these plant oils weren't used for consumption at all. The term vegetable is merely a marketing ploy. It's not me being nitpicking, it's a nefarious act.
    - IWeldMelons 8y ago
      Who are "they"? According yo Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable_oil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable_oil) vegetable oil and plant oil are synonyms.
      - dalore 8y ago
        They being the people who first started creating and marketing these seed oils for consumption. What the oils really are, are hydrogenated seed oils. Note that article mentions both naturally pressed plant oils, and the hydrogenated oils, but then a point that mentions what oils are only allowed to be called vegetable oils: In the US, the Standard of Identity for a product labeled as "vegetable oil margarine" specifies only canola, safflower, sunflower, corn, soybean, or peanut oil may be used.[8] Products not labeled "vegetable oil margarine" do not have that restriction. Again note none of them are vegetables, they are all seeds, and go through a hydrogenatation process which makes them brittle. Again all mentioned in the article you linked to me. Also interesting is that right at the end of the article is how some countries insist that labelling them vegetable oils isn't enough and that the true ingredient must be listed. Also notice they do rename things for marketing, like canola instead of rapeseed (as they though rape wouldn't sell). I guess "hydrogenated seed oils" doesn't sell as well and so they called them "vegetable oils".
wool_gather 8y ago
Respectfully (I've been vegetarian off and on throughout my life), "I can think just fine right now" is a fallacy. The effects of a nutrition deficiency may not manifest for years. The article describes the substance as having a role in brain development. It also mentions psychosis. Now, I don't have any more information than what's in the article. But it's perfectly plausible, for example, that under-supply of this thing will contribute to your having some kind of dementia later. Or it could ultimately be harmless. But you can't dismiss something like this solely because of (subjective and) short-term effects.
- alexmingoia 8y ago
  There is no such thing as DHA deficiency in the literature.

I am a vegetarian, and consume very little animal fat. My brains works just fine. Generally this article goes against massive amount of evidence that vegetable fats just healthier than animal fats.

virtuexru 8y ago

> My brains works just fine. I'm sure this wasn't meant to be funny but it gave me a good laugh and brightened up my morning so thank you! :)

rootusrootus 8y ago
I'm glad I wasn't the only one to chuckle when I read that. Kind of a guilty laugh, admittedly.
IWeldMelons 8y ago
You are very welcome. I am not sure what exactly was funny, but I, and much of the other commenters here, are not native speaker of English, and, as the result, occasionally make linguistical blunders.

rossdavidh 8y ago

I think "vegetable fats" is too broad a term here. I have been a vegetarian for 32 years, and my brain also works just fine, but there are certainly some vegetable sources that are not great for you. The vegetable oils that get used in lots of processed foods, that are not part of any traditional diet, are especially suspect.

lelima 8y ago

"My brains works just fine" What if the article is true and you are only using, let's say 80% of your capacity. It will be fun if you try to make some Sudoku or something similar and test the time, then eat those animal meat and try it out. eg: When I drink coffee I become at least 20% better solving problems

IWeldMelons 8y ago
Since I switched to vegetarian diet, my own observations suggest, my mental abilities, have actially improved.
svrtknst 8y ago
> When I drink coffee I become at least 20% better solving problems That's intereseting. Is this something you have measured, logged, and accounted for other factors (e.g. via double-blinding etc)?

dalore 8y ago

Plenty of smokers smoked and lived long healthy lives. It's the same point you're making. There is a massive amount of evidence the the healthy fats are animals fats, coconut oil, avocado oils etc and not the "vegetables" oils which aren't really vegetables.

IWeldMelons 8y ago
If you are nitpicking the word "vegetable", you are free to replace it with "plant".
- dalore 8y ago
  Point is that they picked the word vegetable to make it sound healthy and palatable. Before that these plant oils weren't used for consumption at all. The term vegetable is merely a marketing ploy. It's not me being nitpicking, it's a nefarious act.
  - IWeldMelons 8y ago
    Who are "they"? According yo Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable_oil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable_oil) vegetable oil and plant oil are synonyms.
    - dalore 8y ago
      They being the people who first started creating and marketing these seed oils for consumption. What the oils really are, are hydrogenated seed oils. Note that article mentions both naturally pressed plant oils, and the hydrogenated oils, but then a point that mentions what oils are only allowed to be called vegetable oils: In the US, the Standard of Identity for a product labeled as "vegetable oil margarine" specifies only canola, safflower, sunflower, corn, soybean, or peanut oil may be used.[8] Products not labeled "vegetable oil margarine" do not have that restriction. Again note none of them are vegetables, they are all seeds, and go through a hydrogenatation process which makes them brittle. Again all mentioned in the article you linked to me. Also interesting is that right at the end of the article is how some countries insist that labelling them vegetable oils isn't enough and that the true ingredient must be listed. Also notice they do rename things for marketing, like canola instead of rapeseed (as they though rape wouldn't sell). I guess "hydrogenated seed oils" doesn't sell as well and so they called them "vegetable oils".

wool_gather 8y ago

Respectfully (I've been vegetarian off and on throughout my life), "I can think just fine right now" is a fallacy. The effects of a nutrition deficiency may not manifest for years. The article describes the substance as having a role in brain development. It also mentions psychosis. Now, I don't have any more information than what's in the article. But it's perfectly plausible, for example, that under-supply of this thing will contribute to your having some kind of dementia later. Or it could ultimately be harmless. But you can't dismiss something like this solely because of (subjective and) short-term effects.

alexmingoia 8y ago
There is no such thing as DHA deficiency in the literature.