High IQ link to being vegetarian - A Southampton University team found those who were vegetarian by 30 had recorded five IQ points more on average at the age of 10.
Five whole points. Men who were vegetarians scored 106 compared to 101 and women vegetarians scored 104 compared to 99 for non-vegetarians. These are what the BBC considers high scores? A score of 100 is "average" and measurements of IQ are presumed to have a five point margin of error. So, other than showing that the BBC considers IQs within the average range to be "high", I'm not sure what the point of the article is.
Just so you know what passes for intellectual thought at the BBC - "Twenty years after the IQ tests were carried out in 1970, 366 of the participants said they were vegetarian - although more than 100 reported eating either fish or chicken."
Posted by marybeth at December 16, 2006 03:02 AM Box of RocksMy IQ is like a beautiful spring day--in the mid 80s. Looks like I'd better get to eating my broccoli.
Posted by Jarod Kintz at December 21, 2006 08:11 PM