This morning I was reading my Belgian newspaper (thank you internet) and stumbled unto an article claiming that scientist have found out that vegetarians have smaller brains than meat-eaters.

Found an English article here : http://righttruth.typepad.com/right_truth/...your-brain.html

What about Vegemite ?

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onzestan

Vegemite? Aussies eat that stuff don't they?

There rests the case for the prosecution m'lud.

They do say you can eat anything if it's presented properly

They do say you can eat anything if it's presented properly

What the??? Suiging, you've pushed the envelope too far this time!

What about Vegemite ?

Vegemite is made from leftover brewers' yeast extract, a by-product of beer manufacturing, and various vegetable and spice additives. The taste may be described as salty, slightly bitter, and malty - somewhat similar to the taste of beef bouillon. It is not as intensely flavoured as Marmite...Source.

Talking of Vegaterians, I undertsand that Koala bears have very small brains due to their poor diet.

The Koala lives almost entirely on eucalypt leaves. This is likely to be an evolutionary adaptation that takes advantage of an otherwise unfilled ecological niche, since eucalypt leaves are low in protein.... Source.

What about Vegemite ?

Vegemite is made from leftover brewers' yeast extract, a by-product of beer manufacturing, and various vegetable and spice additives. The taste may be described as salty, slightly bitter, and malty - somewhat similar to the taste of beef bouillon. It is not as intensely flavoured as Marmite...Source.

Talking of Vegaterians, I undertsand that Koala bears have very small brains due to their poor diet.

The Koala lives almost entirely on eucalypt leaves. This is likely to be an evolutionary adaptation that takes advantage of an otherwise unfilled ecological niche, since eucalypt leaves are low in protein.... Source.

That means if ya feed koalas vegemite, they mite stop psssssssn onya in parks and places.

Edit: Forgot, vegemite is great, helps prevent skeeters biting you, eat it regularly.

Edit: Forgot, vegemite is great, helps prevent skeeters biting you, eat it regularly.

You do - or they do?

But yet, for all our small vegi-brains, I wonder if we use a higher percentage.

The size of the brain has nothing to do with intelligence of brain power. Big meat eaters have more health problems, I'd bet the article didn't take that into account!

Edit: Forgot, vegemite is great, helps prevent skeeters biting you, eat it regularly.

You do - or they do?

LOL, Humph, ya mite well ask that.

A normal person would not.

Guess you, Humph, mite ask if flies use fly spray?.....PMPLMAO

I refer to my earlier post which indicates another problem for big meat-eaters

( ie...... lack of stores selling sprinkles )

Edit: Forgot, vegemite is great, helps prevent skeeters biting you, eat it regularly.

You do - or they do?

LOL, Humph, ya mite well ask that.

A normal person would not.

Guess you, Humph, mite ask if flies use fly spray?.....PMPLMAO

Only in hot weather.

The size of the brain has nothing to do with intelligence of brain power.

I'd go along with that, bigger is not necessarily better, however, protein is essential for brain development, it doesn't have to be large, but it does need to be firing on all cylinders.

There is nothing wrong with a vegetarian lifestyle and there are many sources of protein that don't have legs or swim ....... but the ones that do have legs or swim taste better IMO.

The size of the brain has nothing to do with intelligence of brain power.

I'd go along with that, bigger is not necessarily better, however, protein is essential for brain development, it doesn't have to be large, but it does need to be firing on all cylinders.

There is nothing wrong with a vegetarian lifestyle and there are many sources of protein that don't have legs or swim ....... but the ones that do have legs or swim taste better IMO.

Never forget the para-olympics for those without legs that can swim !!!! Inspirational

I'd go along with that, bigger is not necessarily better.....

Blue whales have yet to discover fire or claim any royalities for the various samples of their whale-song that have been used in recorded music tracks. Ants on the other hand do seem to be very successful in their various ecological niches, including raiding my kitchen bin.

There is nothing wrong with a vegetarian lifestyle and there are many sources of protein that don't have legs or swim... ...but the ones that do have legs or swim taste better IMO.

I understand that Brussels Sprouts are 3% protein and even offer a little natural fat but I much prefer to BBQ a part of a cow or pig. One point of interest is that generally us humans like eating vegetarians and avoid other meat eaters (dogs, tigers) or omnivores. (Are pigs an execption that tests the rule?)

Yes, some Thais may eat dog, and some Chinese enjoy the 'medical' benifits (?) of tiger.

....vegemite is great, helps prevent skeeters biting you, eat it regularly.

On an almost related issue, when asked what my OH wanted for breakfast this morning she suggested vegemite on toast... ....with pineapple jelly/jam. And she considers this perfectly normal.

There is nothing wrong with a vegetarian lifestyle and there are many sources of protein that don't have legs or swim ....... but the ones that do have legs or swim taste better IMO.

During WWII I lived for a few months with a vegetarian couple. (We were bombed out early in the war)(I was also bombed out throughout the sixties - but that's another story)

They had extra cheese in their rations (obviously before the vegan era) and we used to spend the week-ends walking along the river banks collecting stinging nettles - when boiled they don't sting. (same as ZPete's skeeters).

Also used to save the water that they'd boiled their greens in, and use it for drinking.

Luckily at school we had meat (or an apology called meat balls).

At this same time my father was in the RAF - teaching the Americans about radar. The US troops had a meatless day every week - to show solidarity with the half-starved Brits. The American troops were only served chicken on their 'meatless' days.

^ Really interesting story Humph. I honestly didnt know vegetarianism was even a consideration for people in the west then (Sorry for my ignorance, i just figured people were great believers in the healthy properties of meat at that time). I had no idea that extra rations of dairy were given for those that didnt eat meat. Its good that the government recognised peoples dietary preferences. And..very funny about the "meatless" days story. (Reminds me when a great Uncle, upon finding out that im veggi, asked me if i eat chicken. I said no. He looked confused and said "Why you no eat chicken, Chicken isney really an animal." ! haha!)

It also touches a nerve a little when you mention the WWII, for although I am too young to have experienced what it must have been like, I was told many stories by my grandmother. Also my grandfather served in the navy, but sadly didnt make it. All my grandmother had in return for his service was a crappy generic letter, a couple of medals, and a widows pension. Not great for a woman raising two kiddies. But she did it, and on her own, as she never remarried. My brave wee grannie!

Anyway, sorry for the sentimentality. Lets get back on track. Btw, where are the veggi slagger-offer's hiding? Its way too tame in here.

In the club which is silly enough to allow me to be a member of in HK, they have a wonderful outside sportsman's bar, bbq and a salad bar.

I always take the salad. Fresh wonderful stuff, knocks the sox of meat and burgers anyday. However, I do tend to have a couple after the match and the waiters all come and laugh at my eating habits, me being a prop rather than a winger.............Sod off I say, veggies rule.

In the club which is silly enough to allow me to be a member of in HK, they have a wonderful outside sportsman's bar, bbq and a salad bar.

I always take the salad. Fresh wonderful stuff, knocks the sox of meat and burgers anyday. However, I do tend to have a couple after the match and the waiters all come and laugh at my eating habits, me being a prop rather than a winger.............Sod off I say, veggies rule.

Would that club be on Boundary Road / Tai Po Road in Sham Shui Po? I used to train / play rugby in the park next to this esteemed establishment, sometimes have an away match 'over the fence'. Excellent facilities in the early nineties. Our facilities were the bars on the other side of Boundary Road. (Apart from the loo and showers - they were in the park)

In the club which is silly enough to allow me to be a member of in HK, they have a wonderful outside sportsman's bar, bbq and a salad bar.

I always take the salad. Fresh wonderful stuff, knocks the sox of meat and burgers anyday. However, I do tend to have a couple after the match and the waiters all come and laugh at my eating habits, me being a prop rather than a winger.............Sod off I say, veggies rule.

Would that club be on Boundary Road / Tai Po Road in Sham Shui Po? I used to train / play rugby in the park next to this esteemed establishment, sometimes have an away match 'over the fence'. Excellent facilities in the early nineties. Our facilities were the bars on the other side of Boundary Road. (Apart from the loo and showers - they were in the park)

Played there many times............However, HKCC is the bar in mind.

^ Really interesting story Humph. I honestly didnt know vegetarianism was even a consideration for people in the west then (Sorry for my ignorance, i just figured people were great believers in the healthy properties of meat at that time). I had no idea that extra rations of dairy were given for those that didnt eat meat. Its good that the government recognised peoples dietary preferences. And..very funny about the "meatless" days story. (Reminds me when a great Uncle, upon finding out that im veggi, asked me if i eat chicken. I said no. He looked confused and said "Why you no eat chicken, Chicken isney really an animal." ! haha!)

It also touches a nerve a little when you mention the WWII, for although I am too young to have experienced what it must have been like, I was told many stories by my grandmother. Also my grandfather served in the navy, but sadly didnt make it. All my grandmother had in return for his service was a crappy generic letter, a couple of medals, and a widows pension. Not great for a woman raising two kiddies. But she did it, and on her own, as she never remarried. My brave wee grannie!

Anyway, sorry for the sentimentality. Lets get back on track. Btw, where are the veggi slagger-offer's hiding? Its way too tame in here.

Lots of memories for the older ones among us - school lunch consisted of POM (powdered dried potato that was reconstituted with water - but nothing like the packaged stuff these days), meat balls which owed very much to bread, very little to meat and whatever veg they could scrounge from the shops. One meatball that I well remember contained a chewed piece of chewing gum. I left it - much to all the other boys' consternation.

No fresh eggs - powdered ones again. But made excellent omelettes.

I had ice cream once in the 5/6 years of war - when I was in hospital after having my tonsils removed. On the other hand my father, being with the yanks, had ice cream once a week (maybe to make up for the meatless day?).

Remember some of the 'thousand bomber' raids assembling over the place I was living - bsolutely amazing - wall-eo-wall aircraft covering the whole sky. But this is going way off-topic.

Let's face it, at that time everyone was near-enough vegetarian because there was so little of anything available, everyone who could was growing veggies to supplement the rations.

I'd go along with that, bigger is not necessarily better.....

Blue whales have yet to discover fire or claim any royalities for the various samples of their whale-song that have been used in recorded music tracks. Ants on the other hand do seem to be very successful in their various ecological niches, including raiding my kitchen bin.

There is nothing wrong with a vegetarian lifestyle and there are many sources of protein that don't have legs or swim... ...but the ones that do have legs or swim taste better IMO.

I understand that Brussels Sprouts are 3% protein and even offer a little natural fat but I much prefer to BBQ a part of a cow or pig. One point of interest is that generally us humans like eating vegetarians and avoid other meat eaters (dogs, tigers) or omnivores. (Are pigs an execption that tests the rule?)

Yes, some Thais may eat dog, and some Chinese enjoy the 'medical' benifits (?) of tiger.

....vegemite is great, helps prevent skeeters biting you, eat it regularly.

On an almost related issue, when asked what my OH wanted for breakfast this morning she suggested vegemite on toast... ....with pineapple jelly/jam. And she considers this perfectly normal.

When my dorta was living at home with her son, my grandson, I had to make his school lunch sammies, she called them disgusting, refusing his request.

He only wanted, jam, crunchy peanut butter, between vegemite on both slices of bread.

Great food, his mum blamed me, nuffin wrong there, cos that is still my fave brekkie.

Here in Ca Mau my brealfast usually consists of a large roll liberally smeared with pate and some salad.

Cannot find butter or margerine, so most of the locals use tinned pork pate - at 30 baht a tin (equivalent) it lasts for three or four large rolls. I'm out shopping about 5.30 in the morning to pick up fresh salad veg and rolls - off to work by 6.30.

It's killing me!

Here in Ca Mau my brealfast usually consists of a large roll liberally smeared with pate and some salad.

Cannot find butter or margerine, so most of the locals use tinned pork pate - at 30 baht a tin (equivalent) it lasts for three or four large rolls. I'm out shopping about 5.30 in the morning to pick up fresh salad veg and rolls - off to work by 6.30.

It's killing me!

Try filling the roll with Vegemite, real man's roll

Here in Ca Mau my brealfast usually consists of a large roll liberally smeared with pate and some salad.

Cannot find butter or margerine, so most of the locals use tinned pork pate - at 30 baht a tin (equivalent) it lasts for three or four large rolls. I'm out shopping about 5.30 in the morning to pick up fresh salad veg and rolls - off to work by 6.30.

It's killing me!

Try filling the roll with Vegemite, real man's roll

Unfortunately Vegemite comes in a jar.

Here I can buy tins of pork (spam-style), pork pate, sardines. That's it in the manufactured foodstuffs, apart from the ubiquitous noodle-packs. So it's fresh bread, fresh veg - except for a couple of evenings each week in a restaurant.

Competely different to Saigon, where everything is available.

Here in Ca Mau my brealfast usually consists of a large roll liberally smeared with pate and some salad.

Cannot find butter or margerine, so most of the locals use tinned pork pate - at 30 baht a tin (equivalent) it lasts for three or four large rolls. I'm out shopping about 5.30 in the morning to pick up fresh salad veg and rolls - off to work by 6.30.

It's killing me!

Try filling the roll with Vegemite, real man's roll

Unfortunately Vegemite comes in a jar.

Here I can buy tins of pork (spam-style), pork pate, sardines. That's it in the manufactured foodstuffs, apart from the ubiquitous noodle-packs. So it's fresh bread, fresh veg - except for a couple of evenings each week in a restaurant.

Competely different to Saigon, where everything is available.

Loved eating in Saigon.

Only prob was watching the butcher doing his trade from a box in the gutter of street. ........