If you're smart, you'll grow up vegetarian.

"As a child's IQ rises, his taste for meat in adulthood declines, a new study suggests.

British researchers have found that children's IQ predicts their likelihood of becoming vegetarians as young adults -- lowering their risk for cardiovascular disease in the process. The finding could explain the link between smarts and better health, the investigators say.

'Brighter people tend to have healthier dietary habits,' concluded lead author Catharine Gale, a senior research fellow at the MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre of the University of Southampton and Southampton General Hospital."

I must say, the vegetarians and vegans I know are quite intelligent people. It's fair to say that when it comes to health and diet, we make smarter, more informed choices.

Who'd have thought?!