Do you think that people were intended to eat meat and dairy?
Do you think that people were intended to eat meat and dairy?
From my reading on this topic (finding out what human's digestive system evolved into), we are opportunistic eaters. This means that we are somewhat different in the normal carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores. Since we have the capability to learn at a much greater pace than other animals, that adds an entirely new aspect in how to consider our diets.
When you hear vegetarians try to justify their diet by saying human's digestive system isn't naturally meant to digest meat, they are mistaken and possibly ignorant to any research on the topic. Similarly it can't be argued that humans are solely carnivorous. Humans evolved as omnivorous hunter-gatherers, in which our diet depending a lot on our environment. One of the broad traits in common with omnivorous animals is that they are most often opportunistic eaters- eating whatever presents itself or what can be acquired ( link states immediately in first section). Different societies of early humans had different diets depending on the location. Lower altitudes tended to eat more plant food, while higher altitudes leaned towards animal meat. There is also research to show that from about 700,000 years ago to the Paleolithic Age, human diet consisted mostly of meat than anything else.
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Dairy no, it's baby formula for a species other than our own. We drink milk as babies and then that's the end. No other animal drinks milk into adulthood like we do.
Meat is natural in small quantities. If you look at the structure of our teeth and digestive system it more closely resembles that of an herbivore. Long intestine like ours are indicative of herbivores, out teeth are rather flat. People love to bring up the canine teeth - sorry but even horses have canines. Ours are very underdeveloped compared to a true predator, they look almost like incisors. We're by no means a saber toothed cat. Also look at our closest relatives the great apes; chimps, gorillas, etc. whose canines dwarf ours - they eat mostly plant matter or bugs. They have the ability to eat meat but they're more scavengers than hunters. We're meant to eat meat opportunistically whereas our society is too meat dominant.
That said I'm vegetarian but not vegan, although I avoid dairy where possible it's the harder of the two to avoid, in my opinion.
well in india, its such a hot country on the equator, that people survive on milk because you get your vitamin D and protection from the sun, hindus respect cows because of milk and have this symbiotic relationship with them, so they don't eat beef because murdering a cow is sinful and milk is more important, the cow isn't harmed when losing milk and theyre very well respected and loved as if a dog is to a man here in America. and this started 5,000 years ago with hinduism...i can't speak for others but milk is necessary for survival and many hindus, not all, are vegetarian because they don't want to harm other animals.
my take is that we're animals too in a food chain and we need protein to survive too. all living things on this planet are in a food web and that's how life works. you can research evolution there's a lot more info on the web
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No. First off cows produce milk to feed their young not humans. As for "meat", it is so heavily processed and packed full of chemical and hormones these days, so in turn you can hardly say we are meant to eat it. Also noting the fact that humans rarely eat it uncooked and in its natural state like other predators. Do you think the average person could go out and kill an animal and then eat it raw? Most people can only consume it if the texture, smell and appearance has been altered.
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To people saying meat no, or dairy no.. you're wrong.
1.) Our females (females of the human species) by nature BREASTFEED! That's diary. That's milk. Milk is defined as the white nutritional fluid secreted by female mammals to nourish the young. So diary YES. There's no debate to it.
2.) Meat is the only, slightly, debatable one. It is not as easy as saying it's a part of our human function, it requires more explaining. But diary is a part of our human function, so it's not debatable at all. Our body functions best having eaten meat AND vegetables, so that is a strong case for humans being omnivore (which has long been suspected). We have incisors and canine teeth for tearing (a carnivore/omnivore trait), whereas horses, giraffes, armadillos and other herbivores have all flat teeth. Monkeys are after all omnivores. They eat plants, insects, bird eggs, other monkeys, etc.. So if we're a lot like Monkeys in our creation.. then we are very likely omnivores. -
Well, most if not all mammals drink milk at infantile stages. Past that maybe not but dairy products do have their benefits regardless. As for meat, we have our canine teeth for that. We're designed as omnivores, able to eat both meat and vegetation. Whether you think for some reason we shouldn't eat meat or veggies from an ethical stand point is different.
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no. if you're willing to suck on your mums t*ts for the rest of your life-sure,but sucking cows is just plain unnatural. and in what world is eating meat natural and intended? you're ripping the flesh off another being and torching it-it doesn't even make sense.
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It depends on where the early people lived. Protein is needed to survive and if meat is all that is found then yes. Dairy is more recent add on, but since more people can digest it these days, it's an indication that evolution is showing green light.
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Intended by whom? Evolution? Those who did prospered more, so yes! I think so. But I think that much much less than we do now. At least with meat. It has it's consequences on ecology and health, that we are just beginning to see.
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once upon a time... humans were intolerant
to the milk of other species.. ^-^ -
Meat yes, but not milk. We were not intended to drink it, but we adapted to the act. In different parts of the world people still can't drink milk. It is so unnatural and straight up nasty :/
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Meat yes, dairy no
Dairy is made from milk and we aren't the cows children now are we? Its not like we are all baby cows that didn't grow up and stand on two feet needing cow milk products... - 363 opinions shared on Health & Fitness topic.
I think people were intended to eat whatever they could get their hands on.
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Yes, in fact I very much plan on intending all over this steak's face. Salt and pepper grilled, A1, Worcestershire sauce and a hit of lime.
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Which people?
Generally, yes.
The adaptations to use cow's milk are more recent. -
Yes what do you think the cave men and indians went around eating leaves and tree bark?
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a yes we were how do you think our brains developed?
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Well if we weren't meant to eat meat our bodies wouldn't be able to process it.. Dairy is debatable.
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I say dairy other than human milk...i say no. That imo is a cultural convention.
Meat...i say yes. -
We evolve to try and adapt to the the changing world, eventually we were gonna do it
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Our digestive system is that of an omnivore. Carnivores and herbivores both have differences in their GI tract.
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I'm about to cook a fine beef casarole, drink milk as it cooks, j'adore les animals
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no. our systems were not made for it.
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I would like to believe so
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