Some vegans' cholesterol level is too low
If your cholesterol is too low — that is below about 4.42 mmol/L (170 mg/dL) your risk of mood disorders, depression, stroke, and violence is increased. During trials to lower levels of cholesterol in the blood, it became obvious that there was a tendency towards more suicides and violent deaths in the treatment groups.
In 1991 Canadian investigators examined this trend. Adjusting for age and sex, they found that those whose cholesterol was below 4.27 were 6 times more likely to attempt suicide that those with cholesterol above 5.77.
This was confirmed by a study conducted at the Psychiatric Clinic, Charles University of Prague. Patients in this study who had attempted a violent suicide had significantly lower cholesterol levels than patients with non-violent attempts and the control subjects. The authors say 'Our findings . . . are consistent with the theory that low levels of cholesterol are associated with increased tendency for impulsive behavior and aggression and contribute to a more violent pattern of suicidal behavior.' They conclude 'These data indicate that low serum total cholesterol level is associated with an increased risk of suicide.'
Vegan diet tends to have too much carb
There have been many studies of the effects of these different meal patterns and different foods. Some tested and measured subjective things such as fatigue, vigor, anger, hostility, confusion, anxiety and depression. In all of these tests, those who ate carbohydrate-based meals reported worse scores in all classes except anxiety, where there was no difference. In other, objective tests of alertness, auditory and visual reaction times, and vigilance, carbohydrate eaters again came off worse.
Vegan diet tends to have too much polyunsaturated fat
Polyunsaturated vegetable oils could also add to the risk of suicide as a 2006 study found that people with a high intake of polyunsaturated vegetable oils were more likely to commit suicide!
Many studies examining the effects of polyunsaturated fatty acid levels on suicide and violence reported finding evidence of 'a striking correlation' between the greater consumption of Polyunsaturated vegetable oils over the period 1961 to 2000 and the growing number of homicides in the USA, UK, Australia, Canada, and Argentina.
Infants and children feed on vegan diet tend to have lower weight which leads to higher suicide rate in later life.
A team from the Medical Research Council, led by Professor David Barker traced suicide rates in 15,500 Hertfordshire men and women whose birth records are available since 1911. They found that men and women who committed suicide had low rates of weight gain in infancy. And that too could be caused by a carbohydrate-rich, nutrient-poor diet, which the common vegan diet is one.
85% of vegans suffer from vitamin B12 deficiency
Vitamin B12 deficiency can lead to vitamin B12 deficiency anemia and neurological dysfunction. A mild deficiency may not cause any discernible symptoms, but as the deficiency becomes more significant symptoms of anemia may result, such as weakness, fatigue, light-headedness, rapid heartbeat, rapid breathing and pale color to the skin. It may also cause easy bruising or bleeding, including bleeding gums. GI side effects including sore tongue, stomach upset, weight loss, and diarrhea or constipation.
If the deficiency is not corrected, nerve cell damage can result. If this happens, vitamin B12 deficiency may result in tingling or numbness to the fingers and toes, difficulty walking, mood changes, depression, memory loss, disorientation and, in severe cases, dementia.
Vitamin B12 deficiency can cause severe and irreversible damage, especially to the brain and nervous system. These symptoms of neuronal damage may not reverse after correction of hematological abnormalities, and the chance of complete reversal decreases with the length of time the neurological symptoms have been present.
Vitamin B12 deficiency can also cause symptoms of mania and psychosis, fatigue, memory impairment, irritability, depression, ataxia, and personality changes.
Vitamin B12 is not found in plants, but it's naturally found in animal based foods, including fish and shellfish, red meat (especially liver), poultry, eggs, milk, and milk products.
Vegan diet lacks a nutrient for one of the most important and most abundant, if not the most, friendly gut bacteria called Lactobacillus
Vegans might ingest some Lactobacillus in low-acid fermented foods, but not much is found on them, furthermore the bacteria require milk lactose but vegan diet doesn't include any dairy.
Lactobacillus Acidophilus (acid-loving milk-bacterium), also called probiotics, is a kind of bacteria feeds on a milk sugar called lactose. Milk contains high amount of lactose, this is one of the reasons humans are naturally designed to consume dairy products.
The consumption of a probiotic-containing milk products improved the mood of those whose mood was depressed.
Vegans have higher arsenic level
Produce is major source of arsenic in foods consumed by humans. Vegans' body arsenic level is higher than normal people who eat meat and fish, because large percentage of the vegan diet is produce which is rich in arsenic.
Produce farms use less municipal water supply because they depend more on rain. Most produce farms choose locations where rain water is abundant to keep cost down. The overall water usage by produce farms is far greater than animal farms and ranches. Because produce farms depend more on rain than municipal water, the safety quality of rain water is not reliable due to uncontrollable levels of arsenic, heavy metal, industrial pollution, etc.
Meat-eaters get less arsenic in their diet than vegans and vegetarians, that's because meat-eaters eat less plant based foods, while vegans and vegetarians eat more of them.
Vegans ingest more arsenic than lacto-ovo-vegetarians because their vegan diet has higher percentage of plants. One of the reason most vegans and vegetarians are psychotic is because they have too much arsenic in them, even 10% higher than lacto-ovo-vegetarians and 20% higher than meat-eaters is too much. The official arsenic toxicity level should be set at same level as meat-eaters'.
There are lots more, these are only some of the causes of mental disorders in vegans and strict vegetarians.
