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Written by dynamic_hubzilla on 2025-01-07 at 14:26

Just a few quick thoughts on making sense of science linking vegetarianism with depression.

[#]^https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/display/7510e48f-e867-4712-8fec-6cff05f83523

dynamic_hubzilla schrieb den folgenden Beitrag Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:22:03 +0100 @David Ho

Regarding the association between veganism and depression, correlation is not causation.  There are probably dozens of reasonable hypotheses for how differing psychological profiles could lead to differences in dietary choices.

A casual DuckDuckGo search also turns up this interesting piece on meat-reducers having higher depression than either meat-eaters or vegetarians and vegans, which the author hypothesize might be linked to the cognitive dissonance of opposing the meat industry but continuing to eat meat: #^https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950329322001549

It's also worth noting that the Telegraph has a history of a pro-meat stance.

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Written by varx/social on 2025-01-07 at 21:01

@dynamic I don't feel like that's enough to explain it, but it might be on the right track.

More broadly, you might have a subpopulation that cares deeply about doing things according to moral constraints, but isn't able to achieve that in their life to their own satisfaction.

If there are people with a pattern of that in their lives, that might be strong enough to tip towards depression.

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