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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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[Via Chicago Magazine]
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8-31-2009 @12:10PM Reality check. said... i love hearing from posters on he, who say 'thats a load of bull'. funny thier r 20 studies beyond this humerious one that show the same cognitive decline with Cow Carcass (meat) eating.
i don't eat meat, have not for 20 years.
it is kind of strnage to eat something that i did not have to nerve to do on my own, and may cause me actual Cancer in my future.
Bread Buns could have had some impact, but the meat makes the brain weaker. It is NOT the hormones that could smomach, intestine Cancer. It is the 'Meat' itself!!
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8-31-2009 @2:11PM Numb said... Reality Check - your post is absolutely dripping with typos, grammatical errors, and sentences that literally make no sense ("it is kind of strnage to eat something that i did not have to nerve to do on my own")... ...and you want us to believe that not eating meat has somehow HELPED you intellectually?
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