More on the Veg and IQ Study

Our last issue reported a study from the UK which found that people with higher IQs at age 10 were more likely to be vegetarians later in life. You can read the entire article at http://www.bmj. com/cgi/rapidpdf /bmj.39030.675069. 55v1

The article has quotes from Shakespeare and Benjamin Franklin, the famous scientist, publisher, and politician of the 18^th and 19^th centuries, about the effects of diet on intellect. One of Shakespeare’s characters, Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night (Act 1, Scene 3), states; “I am a great eater of beef and I believe that does harm to my wit.” Franklin is quoted as stating in his autobiography that a veg diet provides one with “greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension.”