Kids With High IQs Grow Up to Be Vegetarians

Hah, I just came a cross this article and I just had to shoot it up onto the blog:

FRIDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) -- As a child's IQ rises, his taste for meat in adulthood declines, a new study suggests.

British researchers have found that children's IQ predicts their likelihood of becoming vegetarians as young adults -- lowering their risk for cardiovascular disease in the process. The finding could explain the link between smarts and better health, the investigators say.

"Brighter people tend to have healthier dietary habits," concluded lead author Catharine Gale, a senior research fellow at the MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre of the University of Southampton and Southampton General Hospital.

Recent studies suggest that vegetarianism may be associated with lower cholesterol, reduced risk of obesity and heart disease. This might explain why children with high IQs tend to have a lower risk of heart disease in later life.

I mean, of course I think that this sort of stuff is pretty bunko, and if you read the article you'll see that the title of the article is a tad misleading. This quote cracks me up though: "Brighter people tend to have healthier dietary habits," I couldn't agree more.