"Believing is seeing." But really, this study appears not to even try to make a claim about cause and effect. It certainly is an interesting correlation, and either way could have an interesting causal relationship. I can say anecdotally that many of my friends and family (but by no means all) who are vegetarians are naturally given to depression of bipolarism. I think that there's something about that state that makes one more sensitive to animals. But on the other side, there are certainly a lot of nutrients in animals that aren't present in high concentrations in plants. I'm a huge advocate of eating fat, for example. I think fat suffered a terrible PR stretch in the 70s and 80s from which it has never recovered. There have been a few epidemiological studies that have come out recently in favor of fat, and I suppose this one may support that growing body of evidence, as well. Fuck skim milk. Would anyone ever eat a "skim avocado"? Terrible idea.