Cool, thank you. I hadn't considered that your wife's perspectives could be helpful here. To be honest, I've been vegetarian at times in the past. I've also had friends that were told by their doctors that they needed to start eating meat because they were anemic, or their protein levels (however that is measured) were too low. I've read a fair amount of literature about vegetarianism, including stuff by crazy ex-vegans who say that everyone who claims to be a vegan really "cheats" and that it doesn't work - that stuff, probably mostly craziness, maybe some small element of truth. It is fucking hard to be vegan. I knew a guy who was vegan from birth, raised by his vegan parents, and I'd still turn around every once in a while and be like "You eat this? But it's totally not vegan..." and blow something out of his acceptable foods...because, fuck, I read a lot. About varied subjects, especially what I'm interested in.

I did note that the study was of Austrians - although among the study's sources is a study of Australian women that also finds that vegetarians tend to have higher rates of mental issues. That was one of the more interesting points the study made, and they provide three sources - but I haven't had the time, or really the incliation, to go read three more studies on the topic. I gave it a full enough read and look at the sources to understand that, even if my friends were outraged, and giving what I understood of statistics, the findings of the study were still present. oky has raised some valid points that are all reasonably comprehensible to me and that I appreciate as providing additional insight.