Are humans truly omnivores?

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busydude

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It's the your body is anatomically designed to just eat vegatables that people have a problem with.

Oh I agree.. there is no doubt in that. We are hunter gathers in the first place.. before we even started to socialize on grand scale.
 
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Zargon

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There are arguments stating our bodies produce enough cholesterol that we don't need it from animal sources.

go research all the successful cultures in history that were vegitarian


oh look, you are done :hmm:

meat primary, fruits and veggies second, grains if you must
 

TheSlamma

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Pescetarian is a great diet, that's what Jack Lalanne was and he would have trashed all of us combined even at 90 years old
 

JTsyo

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What nutrients?

Recall the topic about the vegans in France that killed their infant daughter since they only gave her breast milk but the mom wasn't getting all the proper nutrients from her diet?
 

TheNinja

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What about cow's milk? I feel like the older I get the less cow's milk I drink. And when I drink it I get stomach aches sometimes.
 

JTsyo

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go research all the successful cultures in history that were vegitarian


oh look, you are done :hmm:

meat primary, fruits and veggies second, grains if you must

Aren't Hindus generally vegetarians? Seems pretty successful with the 2nd largest population in their country.
 

WelshBloke

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The human body has a number of tendons and muscles found in 4 legged carnivores that are not found in primates. Clearly, we were Born To Run, by running our prey down until it was way too weak, just as the book suggests. Such a high caloric source of energy and protein allowed are brains to develop further and further.


Unless we are designed to live on a diet of tortoises I cant believe thats true.


I cant think of many animals that cant outrun a human.
 

eits

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best diet = water, tea, meat, fish, tons of veggies, few fruits, and some nuts. no milk, no wheat, no sugar, no fried food...

that's how we evolved. that's what our bodies know best. that's how we stay healthy.
 

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Unless we are designed to live on a diet of tortoises I cant believe thats true.


I cant think of many animals that cant outrun a human.

Humans are not the fastest animals, but we evolved to be very efficient at long distance running - no fur, and sweating keeps body temperature in check while chasing an animal across the african savanna until it collapsed from exhaustion and the humans have plenty of steam left.
 

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Aren't Hindus generally vegetarians? Seems pretty successful with the 2nd largest population in their country.

Yes, indeed. And on the flip side, look at Rome. One of the most blood thirsty groups that ever existed. I believe I heard something about them falling, if I am not mistaken.

What is the real point to this thread?
Can you become a vegetarian? Yes
Were humans meant to eat meat? Yes
Can you (with that super large, evolved brain of yours) decide that you don't want to dine on mystery meat with an unknown source as far as possible from the ancestral hunt which has been mentioned? Absolutely.
 

busydude

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Aren't Hindus generally vegetarians? Seems pretty successful with the 2nd largest population in their country.

Not all Hindus are vegetarians. Only a small portion of them are.. I would wager about 30% of all Hindus are Lacto-vegeratians. They, however, do not eat beef.
 

KaOTiK

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Unless we are designed to live on a diet of tortoises I cant believe thats true.


I cant think of many animals that cant outrun a human.

It isn't about our speed but our stamina. We can run for much longer periods of time and not be exhausted afterwards.
 

JTsyo

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Humans are not the fastest animals, but we evolved to be very efficient at long distance running - no fur, and sweating keeps body temperature in check while chasing an animal across the african savanna until it collapsed from exhaustion and the humans have plenty of steam left.

:hmm: 10,000 meters enough to exhaust animals?
 

busydude

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Oh..and when compared to other countries. Meat eaten per capita(among the meat eating populace) is very very less in India.
 

mattpegher

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There are arguments stating our bodies produce enough cholesterol that we don't need it from animal sources.
This is only true after full growth has occurred, growing children require ingested cholesterol to properly produce the spikes in sex hormones necessary for full developement. Anthropologist also agree that the move to omnivorous diet allowed for greater brain developement as well as more efficent calorie aquisition, ie less time eating and more time evolving.
 

the DRIZZLE

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The human body has a number of tendons and muscles found in 4 legged carnivores that are not found in primates. Clearly, we were Born To Run, by running our prey down until it was way too weak, just as the book suggests. Such a high caloric source of energy and protein allowed are brains to develop further and further.

This. If you look at the adaptations that humans have relative to other primates it's pretty clear that meat was a significant part of our diet. These include a digestive system that falls somewhere between that of vegetarian gorillas and carnivores and a very efficient cooling system to allow for persistence hunting.
 

feralkid

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Humans are not the fastest animals, but we evolved to be very efficient at long distance running - no fur, and sweating keeps body temperature in check while chasing an animal across the african savanna until it collapsed from exhaustion and the humans have plenty of steam left.

You are hilarious!


That's not the way any humans hunted.

Well, any successful ones...

Where do you get these crazy theories?






.Wow.
 
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