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That's what one Chicago food writer claims, after eating burgers for 65 days straight for Chicago Magazine. "The onslaught of red meat did what drugs and alcohol and fatherhood could not: It made me stupid," Jeff Ruby writes in a humorous piece entitled "Burgers Made Me Dumb."
Ruby chalks up the bouts of stupidity with "a mild case of cognitive dysfunction syndrome. CDS (aka brain fog)."
But can a burger really lower your IQ?
Studies have found that too much red meat could lead to blindness, lower sperm count and boost your risk of cancer.
But smarts? Well, Meat & Livestock Australia launched a controversial campaign last year with actor Sam Neill, who says red meat consumption actually made our brains grow.
As for Ruby, he says his brain fog is finally clearing. "These days, I celebrate small victories, like the fact that I can once again carry my kid in from the car without getting winded," he writes. "Trouble is, I keep taking him to the wrong apartment."
What do you think? Can burger consumption make you stupid? Let us know in the comments below!
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8-28-2009 @3:42PM ESC said... I think that's a load of bull.
*heehee*
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8-28-2009 @4:10PM Lorenzo said... I guess you could say burgers, including quantity and accompaniments, made HIM stupid. Then again, he decided to eat burgers for 65 days straight. Is he confusing cause and effect?
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8-28-2009 @5:33PM Pyrofish said... Depends, were they fast food burgers, or real burgers? If they were fast food burgers, who knows what poisons he accumulated :-P
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8-28-2009 @5:44PM Frank said... The lack of a well balanced diet will create problems for anyone.
I'm pretty sure I could create a diet based on any food that would lower my IQ due to excess.
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8-28-2009 @8:09PM Landa said... The man probably been cooking the meat rare, which that will make anybody sick.
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8-28-2009 @8:32PM Marshall said... Sometimes after eating two dollar menu double cheese
burgers, I feel less alert somehow. But then, I have
been awake since 5:AM and I am ready for a 2 hour
nap after I get home.
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8-29-2009 @10:59AM Bob said... MAYBE YOU MISSED THE STUDY THAT SAYS OBESE PEOPLE, OVER THE LONG TERM DO EXPERIENCE GREATER BRAIN DETERIORATION THAN FIT PEOPLE. I WOULD SAY EATING RED MEAT WITH ITS ACCOMPANYING FAT CONTENT WILL MAKE A PERSON FATTER OR MORE OVERWEIGHT THAN THEEY SHOULD OR COULD BE THAN SAY THE NEWLY DEFINED, FLEXITARIAN DIET.
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8-28-2009 @8:45PM jennifer said... its not red meat its the hormones that are put into the red meat which creates or causes cancer these so called chemical patents are not what they indicate . these chemicals break down ones immune system and ph level in the body thus steal oxogyn from the white cells to the brain white cells carry the air for the brain . constricting is created to heart, brain and all internal organs . this is why one gets cancer from chemicals that are put into foods and drinks . got it now ? reply . i have research but they the freemasons run the circus !
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8-28-2009 @9:24PM bernie said... I'm assuming that early man would eat just about anything. But come to think about it,man will eat just about anything today. Take Bologna that you make sandwiches out of,and you can bet your bippy that the packing house doesn't throw away any guts from cattle or hogs,and that includes the a$$ chute.
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8-28-2009 @9:31PM HatesSlash said... I doubt it will be so humorous when he sees how much the slander suit is asking for.
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8-28-2009 @9:39PM bernie said... bologna is made out of the same as scrapple the fat, brains, entestiens, and other non used stuff of a pig. gross but so good.
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8-28-2009 @9:42PM bernie said... bologna is made out of the same as scrapple the fat, brains, entestiens, and other non used stuff of a pig. gross but so good.
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8-28-2009 @9:53PM chas said... So that's what was wrong with Wimpey?
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8-28-2009 @10:08PM mezl said... red meat, burgers, steaks, do not make you dumb. in fact, i am sharp as a round rubber ball after eating that stuff all my life... 10 days a week, 34 hours a day, every month- and i still remember that one month equals 68 days- i have eaten nothing but meat, meat, meat... wait... what was the question... uhhhh... uhhhh.... oh, look- cartoons!!!!!!!!!!!!! gotta go!!!!
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8-28-2009 @10:13PM Neeley said... 8-28-2009 @ 9:29PM Doc Zeremba said "Well, the guy is a member of the Chicago media. Maybe his symptoms are due to the toxic "detergents" that were used in the "brain-WASHING" of the media by Obama. lol." 'Doc' must be drinking that detergent as he is too stupid to understand that his comments have nothing to do with story. Loser. Oh, yeah. LOL
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8-28-2009 @10:19PM Lita said... At first I scoffed at the headline. Then I recalled all the stories about the dimwits who call 9-1-1 when their order is wrong.
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8-29-2009 @8:51AM Dawn said... most of you are missing the point.Eating USDA beef no matter how you fix it is bad for you.It is not only full of hormones,it also has antibiotics,and the cows are fed an all grain diet.Grain changes the composition to unhealthy.It needs to be grass fed beef.Once you put it on a white bun and cover it with ketchup and mustard it is no longer healthy.Condiments are full of crap and they are in a plastic container that leaches chemicals into the food
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8-28-2009 @10:46PM bruce said... My question is, were these burgers on a bun? Seems to me another plausible answer would be the brain fog was from consuming large amounts of refined carbohydrates.
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8-28-2009 @11:08PM David said... What is stupid is to believe that this single anecdotal experience, lacking all scientific controls such as random sampling, control group, double blind, etc., leads to any kind of conclusion whatsoever. The guy wasted (waisted?!) his time if he was seeking verifiable truth.
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8-28-2009 @11:20PM MIKE said... That does it. I am switching over to hot dogs.
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