Make up your mind already!

A while back I posted a blog about the possible link between a vegetarian diet and brain shrinkage. Well to be fair here is a story about the possible link between eating meat and brain shrinkage. Just goes to show you that you can not believe everything you hear or read. Do your own research. This is for you Ro!

High-protein diets may shrink the brain as well as the waistline, raising the risk of Alzheimer's disease in later life.


In tests, the brains of mice fed Atkins-like diets, rich in protein and low in carbohydrate, were five per cent lighter than those of other creatures.

Importantly, areas key to memory were underdeveloped. Although it is unclear if high protein diets have the same effect in people, it is already known that low-fat diets packed with fruit and vegetables, cut the risk of dementia.


The US researchers said that looking at how different nutrients affect human brain health could lead to new ways of staving off the disease that affects 400,000 Britons