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		agarren on Oct 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85% since the ... Fact? Do you have a citation for the higher intelligence, lower rates of depression/anxiety bit?

ETH_start on Oct 29, 2022 | [–]

Mental health:

https://www.psypost.org/2021/11/meat-consumption-is-associat...

Intelligence:

https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/137/4/1119/4664672

hayst4ck on Oct 28, 2022 | [–]

Meat has lots of Tryptophan and Tyrosine which are the precursors for serotonin and dopamine, the molecules most anti-depressents aim to modulate.

I am a layman, so not an expert, and I don't have a source for you for causality, but it sounds plausible to me.

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