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I'm curious if there are good, informative studies about mental health and veganism. Arguably mental health is more important when considering a choice like ve

• subsubzero 6y ago
  I found this: https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/nutrit/nuaa030/5850123?redirectedFrom=fulltext https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/advance-article-ab... also: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animals-and-us/201812/the-baffling-connection-between-vegetarianism-and-depression https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animals-and-us/20181... then there is the question: do people with mental health issues tend to gravitate towards veganism or is the diet itself is causing the issues. I would like to see a study with a large number of participants from diverse backgrounds who are meat eaters and then go vegan and see if that affects their mental health. However a meat eater who is then forced to eat soy products/meat substitutes they dislike may be unhappy for that very reason. Its a difficult test condition to say the least.
  • chmod600 6y ago
    You could have seven groups with varying levels of choice: group 1 is forced to be vegan, group 4 is the control group, and group 7 is forced to consume meat. Groups 2-3 would be nudged vegan, 5-6 would be nudged to eat meat. Measure them all and get happiness and health curves after 5, 10, 15 years. It would be expensive, but probably a better use of money than a lot of other stuff.