We Weren't Designed To Eat Meat, Here Is Proof, page 2

Originally posted by Danger Girl
Will we be healthier if we stop?

My husband and I were vegetarians for about 3 years and were NOT healthy. Even though I did all the right things to make sure we got plenty of protein and vitamins, we were lethargic and got sick a lot. So, my answer to your question would be "no".

True carnivores (and omnivores) salivate about the idea of eating whole prey animals when they see them. Humans do not.

Probably because it has been many years since we have done that. But, last night, as I held raw, organic buffalo in my hands, making patties for the BBQ, I even commented to my husband how GOOD it smelled! And as previously mentioned, many people look at an animal and think ... "Mmmmm... Dinner." Maybe not the whole animal, but we've been conditioned for hundreds of years to eat just parts of it. On the BBQ.

Compare our physiology to meat eaters and herbivores:

Where's the column for Omnivores? Also, where's the column for multiple stomach chambers? :

The Vegetarian Resource Group

Our closest relatives among the apes are the chimpanzees (i.e., anatomically, behaviorally, genetically, and evolutionarily), who frequently kill and eat other mammals (including other primates).
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As far back as it can be traced, clearly the archeological record indicates an omnivorous diet for humans that included meat. Our ancestry is among the hunter/gatherers from the beginning. Once domestication of food sources began, it included both animals and plants.
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Humans are classic examples of omnivores in all relevant anatomical traits. There is no basis in anatomy or physiology for the assumption that humans are pre-adapted to the vegetarian diet. For that reason, the best arguments in support of a meat-free diet remain ecological, ethical, and health concerns.

Now, I have no problem whatsoever with people choosing to be a vegetarian, a frugivore, a gramnivore, a folivore, an insectivore, a vegan or a carnivore. What they put into their body is their concern. But I do not believe they have the moral duty or obligation to tell me which of those that I should be.

Animal Freedom

In scientific circles it was always assumed that the first people ate meat, says paleontologist John de Vos from the Naturalis museum in Leiden, the Netherlands. But two years ago, sound scientific evidence for this claim was found.

In fossil remains of the Australopithecus Africanus, the predecessor of man, researchers found carbon compounds that relate directly to meat consumption. This puts an end to all the stories that prehistoric man lived off fruits and vegetables.

Eating meat is a natural condition of man. The first human tools were knives to scrape the meat off bones.