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How humans are not physically created to eat meat

 
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Although some historians and anthropologists say that man is historically omnivorous, our anatomical equipment ­ teeth, jaws, and digestive system ­ favors a fleshless diet. The American Dietetic Association notes that "most of mankind for most of human history has lived on vegetarian or near-vegetarian diets."



And much of the world still lives that way. Even on most industrialized countries, the love affair with meat is less than a hundred years old. It started with the refrigerator car and the twentieth-century consumer society. But even with the twentieth century, man's body hasn't adapted to eating meat. The prominent Swedish scientist Karl von Linne states, "Man's structure, external and internal, compared with that of the other animals, shows that fruit and succulent vegetables constitute his natural food." The chart below compares the anatomy of man with that of carnivorous and herbivorous animals.



When you look at the comparison between herbivores and humans, we compare much more closely to herbivores than meat eating animals. Humans are clearly not designed to digest and ingest meat.



Meat-eaters: have claws

Herbivores: no claws

Humans:no claws



Meat-eaters: have no skin pores and perspire through the tongue

Herbivores: perspire through skin pores

Humans: perspire through skin pores



Meat-eaters: have sharp front teeth for tearing, with no flat molar teeth for grinding

Herbivores: no sharp front teeth, but flat rear molars for grinding

Humans:no sharp front teeth, but flat rear molars for grinding



Meat-eaters: have intestinal tract that is only 3 times their body length so that rapidly decaying meat can pass through quickly

Herbivores: have intestinal tract 10-12 times their body length.

Humans: have intestinal tract 10-12 times their body length.



Meat-eaters: have strong hydrochloric acid in stomach to digest meat

Herbivores: have stomach acid that is 20 times weaker than that of a meat-eater

Humans:have stomach acid that is 20 times weaker than that of a meat-eater



Meat-eaters: salivary glands in mouth not needed to pre-digest grains and fruits.

Herbivores: well-developed salivary glands which are necessary to pre-digest grains and fruits

Humans:well-developed salivary glands, which are necessary to pre-digest, grains and fruits



Meat-eaters: have acid saliva with no enzyme ptyalin to pre-digest grains

Herbivores: have alkaline saliva with ptyalin to pre-digest grains

Humans:have alkaline saliva with ptyalin to pre-digest grains

Based on a chart by A.D. Andrews, Fit Food for Men, (Chicago: American Hygiene Society, 1970)





Clearly if humans were meant to eat meat we wouldn't have so many crucial ingestive/digestive similarities with animals that are herbivores.



Many people ask me, "If we weren't supposed to eat meat than why do we?". It is because we are conditioned to eat meat. Also, the ADA (American Dietetic Association) tells us that "most of mankind for most of human history has lived on a vegetarian or Lacto-ovo vegetarian diet.



A popular statement that meat eaters say is; "In the wild, animals kill other animals for food. It's nature." First of all, we are not in the wild. Secondly, we can easily live without eating meat and killing, not to mention we'd be healthier. And finally, as I have already shown, we weren't meant to eat meat. Meat and seafood putrefies within 4 hours after consumption and the remnants cling to the walls of the stomach and intestines for 3-4 days or longer than if a person is constipated. Furthermore, the reaction of saliva in humans is more alkaline, whereas in the case of flesh-eating or preying animals, it is clearly acidic. The alkaline saliva does not act properly on meat.



The final point I would like to make on how we as humans were not meant to eat meat is this. All omnivorous and carnivorous animals eat their meat raw. When a lion kills an herbivore for food, it tears right into the stomach area to eat the organs that are filled with blood (nutrients). While eating the stomach, liver, intestine, etc., the lion laps the blood in the process of eating the dead animals flesh. Even bears that are omnivores eat salmon raw. However, eating raw or bloody meat disgust us as humans. Therefore, we must cook it and season it to buffer the taste of flesh.



If a deer is burned in a forest fire, a carnivorous animal will NOT eat its flesh. Even circus lions have to be feed raw meat so that they will not starve to death. If humans were truly meant to eat meat, then we would eat all of our meat raw and bloody. The thought of eating such meat makes one’s stomach turn. This is my point on how we as humans are conditioned to believe that animal flesh is good for us and that we were meant to consume it for survival and health purposes. If we are true carnivores or omnivores, cooking our meat and seasoning it with salt, ketchup, or tabasco sauce would disguise and we as humans would refuse to eat our meat in this form.


Overall advantages of vegetarianism

You can indeed reap a lot of benefits by being a vegetarian and people have become more aware of the health benefits of being a vegetarian. Animal rights issues is only one of the reasons why people decide to go on a vegetarian diet. People are beginning to care more about the environment. However, the main reason why people go on vegetarian diet is because of health benefits.



Meat is not good for you as it clogs your thinking. This is especially true if you eat red meat; white meat has less fat compared to red meat. Excessive intake of fats into your body can result in having a high level of cholesterol. If you think that not eating meat is going to make you look scrawny or unhealthy please think again. Just imagine that cows, goats, gorillas, elephants, rhinoceroses and so on are all vegetarians (herbivores) but look at how tough these animals are, not to mention their life span which is longer compared to the carnivores (meat eating animals).



If you look at the chicken and vulture (carnivores), these animals eat just about everything and notice how unhealthy these animals look. The Chinese believe that the chi or life force in your body is less when you consume meat and so do the Indians with their ancient yogic principles, their life force was called prana.



The great Tai Chi masters of China were adept at preserving their chi, even if some of the masters were not vegetarians, they still had a balanced diet. It has now been scientifically proven that a balanced vegetarian diet is better compared to a diet that is taken with meat.



There are a lot of misconceptions about being a vegetarian; protein is one of the main topics of debate as a lot of people think that you can only get protein from meat. Vegetarians get a lot of protein, if they eat a variety of fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes. What vegetarians don't get is the excess protein of traditional American diet, excess that leads to kidney overload and mineral deficiency diseases.



A lot of people also think that a vegetarian diet is not a balanced diet. Vegetarian diets have a proportion of three macronutrients, which are complex carbohydrates, protein, and fat. Vegetarian food sources (plants) tend to be higher sources of most micronutrients. Another myth that needs to be clarified is the so-called lack of calcium among vegetarians. Many vegetables, especially green, leafy ones, have a good supply of calcium. The truth is that vegetarians suffer less from osteoporosis (a deficiency of calcium that leads to weak bones).



It is not my intention to force people to become vegetarians. However, vegetarianism is my answer to complete health and wholeness. The three issues to consider in regard to vegetarianism are: spiritual, mental, and physical (nutritional).



The spiritually aspiring person attempts to work on his/her self. The purpose of spiritual growth is to move away from the animal nature into the more human nature that God intended for us to have. Meat eating inhibits this. Again, the same science that sometimes attempts to ignore the existence of a force higher than man also has proved, in the laboratory, that aggression levels are much higher in meat eaters than non-meat eaters! The animal instincts become more powerful every time you eat meat. Another spiritual aspect of being a meat eater is when one must question the necessity and the method as well as the karma of killing animals. However, everyone has their own mores which they must determine for themselves. It is not the purpose of my dissertation to force a specific moral behavior on anyone. Most spiritual people believe auras. Kirilian photography shows us that a force field remains around dead or amputated tissue. You adopt that animal aura when you eat a dead animal. Fruits and vegetables have a higher vibrational aura than animal products. Is it not personal evolution that the spiritual candidate is interested in? If so, meat eating is urgently prohibited.



“You are what you eat”, is a slogan that I love to use to show the mental aspect of vegetarianism. When animals are slaughtered, fear and aggression enzymes are shot into their cells from their glands and other organs, just as in humans, and are part of the dead carcass that goes on to the food store. They remain in the meat until the consumer ingests those same enzymes, which are molecularly very similar to those found in humans. Fruits and vegetables do not have emotions; therefore, when they are picked they do not release any emotions cells prior to digestion. The enzymes within fruits and vegetables supply the body with sufficient nutrients that will always uphold a healthy state of mind.



Fruits and vegetables are high in nutrients; the very thing the body needs to live a long disease and pain free life. The same cannot be said for meat. Nutritionally, the alkaline-based digestive system of humans will not properly break down substantial acid substances, the greatest of which is meat.



Colon cancer is rampant! This is caused by the slow evacuation and the putrefaction in the colon of the remains of meat. Lifelong vegetarians never suffer from such an illness. Many meat eaters believe that meat is the sole source of protein. However, the quality of this protein is so poor that little of it can ever be utilized by humans because it is incomplete and lacks the correct combination of amino acids, the building blocks of protein. Studies show that the average American gets five times the amount of protein needed. It is a common medical fact that excess protein is dangerous, the prime danger being that uric acid (the waste product produced in the process of digesting protein) attacks the kidneys, breaking down the kidney cells called nephrons. This condition is called nephritis; the prime cause of it is overburdening the kidneys. More usable protein is found in one tablespoon of tofu or soybeans than the average serving of meat!



Have you ever seen what happens to a piece of meat that stays in the sun for three days? Meat can stay in the warmth of the intestine for at least four days until it is digested. It does nothing but wait for passage. Often, it usually stays there for much longer, traces remaining for up to several months. Colonic therapists always see meat passing through in people who have been vegetarians for several years, thus indicating that meat remains undigested there for a long time. Occasionally this has been documented in twenty-year vegetarians!



Some vegetarians claim they are more satisfied after they eat. The reason for this is that there are fewer ketones (protein-digestive substances) formed when vegetable protein is digested. For many, ketones cause a trace amount of nausea which one normally interprets as a decreased desire for food due to this uncomfortable and slight degree of queasiness. Although the body calls for more food, the taste buds tolerate less. This is the danger of the popular high-protein diet substances on the market. This abnormally high level of ketones is called ketosis and refers to the state of starvation that the body incurs due to the inability of the appetite to call for nutrition. Most Americans who eat the wrong type of carbohydrates never recognize the high amount of complex carbohydrates required to overthrow this condition. Also, when the blood ketone level is too high, it results in abnormally acidic blood, called acidosis.



Tigers or lions who eat meat and grow strong on it have acid-based digestive systems. Our Hydrochloric Acid isn’t strong enough to fully digest meat. Also, their intestines are in a straight run of about five feet long, not twisted and turned, layer over layer, compacted into a small area like the human intestine, which is twenty feet long.



Meats are frozen for a long period of times. Some meat (especially poultry) is frozen up to two years. Cold temperatures do not kill all species of bacteria. Worse than this, as it is shipped and stored, most frozen meat is thawed and refrozen many times. This is almost unavoidable.



Meat eaters suffer more frequently from various types of food poisoning than vegetarian eaters, so much so that statistics show that every American has had food poisoning on at least one occasion. When you've felt ill, out-of-sorts, had diarrhea, or were just a little sick to your stomach, no doubt you had not the slightest idea that you had been poisoned by scavengers living off the dead carcass you just ate.



Meat is costly and it is the most wasteful source of resources. When one removes meat from his or her diet, a whole new world of eating opens up. Cooking and preparing vegetarian style is no more time consuming than cooking meat. It costs less than half as much to eat vegetarian as it does to eat meat. There are excellent, nutritious, and easy to prepare vegetarian dishes that are Italian, Chinese, Indian, Mid-Eastern, French, Spanish, etc.



Additionally, one can enjoy many other foods that he has never tasted because of the meat craze. Most consumers have eaten no more than five or six varieties of beans and legumes — less than 10% of what is available and grains, including different appetizing types of wheat, nuts, and seeds. And they can be prepared very creatively!



In my opinion, there are far more benefits to becoming a vegetarian then there are becoming or staying a meat eater. Due to the fact that I was raised on meat, I have the wonderful experiences from both worlds. As a meat eater, I was constantly sick, tired, and overweight. As a vegetarian, I am healthy, full of energy, and maintaining a perfect weight. I love being a vegetarian and it shows. Because I wish the best for myself, it’s just second nature to want the best for others. From my past experience and research, going vegetarian is the best thing anyone can do for their mind, body and spirit.





me and my frien where driving hrough the countryside and shes saying aw look at those cute little lambs, when w got home she cooked lamb chops, but i could'nt say anything to her, WHY because she is on her own journey of life, just like you and me ,, Please wake up , humans are suposed to live for a long time, as the say , you are what you eat,



God bless you all,
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All true. But you ain't taking my tuna sandwiches away! Never!
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You wasted alot of ink,sooner.

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Fuck off treehugger.
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If you don't eat meat you better know what you are doing or you will get very sick.
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I call bullshit!

I just had meat with breakfast. It was very tasty. Thank you, Jimmy Dean.
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Bicuspids. I have them. Cows don't.
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Beef wellington would taste shit made from lentils and cabbage. Feed the man meat !!
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OP, I hope this isn't a paper written for school. It is filled with fallacies and unsubstantiated claims. You cite no sources. Get back to work.
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OP, I hope this isn't a paper written for school. It is filled with fallacies and unsubstantiated claims. You cite no sources. Get back to work.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1155663


Her is his/her source:

[link to www.celestialhealing.net]
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A friend of mine told me that rap about 35 years ago.
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WoW!

Fascinating read.



Thank you!
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Meat is Murder!
Sweet, Delicious Murder!

My ancestors did not claw their way up the food chain so I could eat turnips.
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Isn't it interesting when someone posts something like this the meateaters prove them right by getting very aggressive. I've noticed this always happens, the OP was very reasonable and presented information without namecalling and insults. The responses are nothing but a barrage of namecalling and insults. Stop eating meat so you to can move to a higher level spiritual awareness.
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Well, I will say this. Your wrong.
Now I'm not an evolutionist but they agree that Homo sapiens are around only because we ate meat. Why, you may ask? Because meat allows the brain to grow faster and larger because of the superior energy source.

The only thing that makes it so we humans didn't go extinct is because of our large brains (and our bad ass-edness (fake word fail? of course)

All other Homos went extinct but us meat eating humans so we obviously did something right, as we have been eating meat since we supposedly "evolved" into the world. (Poor, poor, Neandretals eats meat and still goes bye bye.)

P.S. Why do animals have rights to not be hunted by us, yet they can go and hunt each other. "Does the gazel have a right to life or the cheeta have a right to dinner?" So who has rights?

pigchef
Meat eaters, UNITE!

(p.s. I have no beef with vegetarians (pun intened), I just hate when they claim I'm eveil because I eat meat, or they just simply want to ban meat, take my right.
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True, humans are not carnivores.

But meat is so damn tasty. chuckle
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If you don't eat meat, you are most probably a paedophile
Keep on keeping on!
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Meat-eaters: have sharp front teeth for tearing, with no flat molar teeth for grinding

Herbivores: no sharp front teeth, but flat rear molars for grinding

Humans:no sharp front teeth, but flat rear molars for grinding
 Quoting: hokieokie

[link to en.wikipedia.org]
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Who cares.

let these dolts continue their charade. Hopefully many, many people will join them and stop eating meat.

Then us die-hard blood-red steak lovers will be eating $3/lb Fillet Mignon.

GOGO TreeHuggers!!!!

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Do vege's still eat fish?..Like raw fish?..Sushi????.
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Humans have been eating meat since their existence. What they lack in natural ability they make up for with mental compatibility. They sweat through their skin so they cool off faster and can run down a animal that sweats through its mouth. The ability to catch cook and eat meat made our brains able to advance.

A bit of trivia. When reffer trains first came into existence, local meat sellers, afraid of cheaper prices called frozen meat "embalmed beef"
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Guess ya didn't see the hog that was mauling my meat in the club restroom last night!
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Clearly if humans were meant to eat meat we wouldn't have so many crucial ingestive/digestive similarities with animals that are herbivores.

 Quoting: hokieokie


Garbage statement... Man is meant to have a "balanced" diet. An all meat diet would make anyone sick. Also, the many digestive problems from meat are related from they way its cooked (fried etc.) and the cut of meat and type (fatty vs. lean).


Eating meat is part an nature (natural). Many animals eat meat and humans are animals.


Vegetarians are brainwashed naturalists.


If your an evolutionist your title is misleading as man would not be created. It your an creationist you would know that scripture points to eating meat in the bible.


If man was not meant to eat meat, then...

Long-term deficiencies in an inadequate vegetarian diet may lead to the following complications:

Osteoporosis as a result of a lack of calcium causing bone demineralization

Rickets in children due to a lack of vitamin D

Iron-Deficiency Anemia due to low iron storage. One study found that 27% of women and 5% of men who were lacto-ovo-vegetarians had low serum ferritin levels (iron storage)
Macrocytic Anemia due to vitamin B-12 deficiency. This has been observed in infants breast-fed by mothers who are strict vegetarians

Emaciation or Slow Growth in vegetarian infants and children


Go eat a steak and tell me your tummy didn't like it...


To each his own...
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Actually a LOT of these are completely wrong.
Meat-eaters: have claws

Herbivores: no claws

Humans:no claws
 Quoting: hokieokie

Chimpanzees are omnivorous and have no claws. Also rats, and many others...


Meat-eaters: have no skin pores and perspire through the tongue

Herbivores: perspire through skin pores

Humans: perspire through skin pores
 Quoting: hokieokie

This is actually a myth, many meat-eaters like dogs and cats perspire through the exposed skin on their feet. They cool off by panting but don't have any sweat glands on their tongues.

A lot of the arguments here neglect the fact that humans are omnivores, not carnivores, so it makes sense that we would have adaptated to eat both meat and plants.
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Meat is Murder!
Sweet, Delicious Murder!

My ancestors did not claw their way up the food chain so I could eat turnips.
 Quoting: PA Viking


roflMAO
Damn Viking! you got my breakfast beer all over my keyboard!
that shite was hilarious...
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Not this same old tired bullshit again...
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I'm going to forward this thread to P.E.T.A

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imho we should only eat fish and sea foods. Coz in general they are purest, safest and healthiest among all
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midevil rulers would keep their serfs weak small and docile by limiting their meat supply[king's forests/king's game]

perchance the same program is being inituated again via propaganda?
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You wasted alot of ink,sooner.

:gdmt:
 Quoting: Chawlee

he made you out of meat..
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