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> Subject:
> Re: Anti-meat-eating "evidence"
> From:
> Tom Bri <[log in to unmask]>
> Date:
> Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:58:08 -0600
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> I would ask this writer to do a simple experiment. Eat raw meat.


My bet is that the writer, or whoever else was inclined to follow this 
experiment, would get incredibly sick.  Tom, I think if you are so sure 
about this, give it a shot and let us know how it goes.

The fact of the matter is that we do not have a high enough 
concentration of hydrocloric acid in our stomachs to distinguish us as 
carnivores.  All carnivorous mammals have a much higher concentration of 
said acid which enables them to break down meat and digest it properly.

0ur digestive tract is many times longer than the typical carnivore's gi 
tract.  As the original poster mentioned, we do not have the typical 
teeth of a carnivore.  You mention chimpanzees in your post, however, 
looking at their teeth vs. ours, their canine teeth are MUCH longer than 
ours.  Moreover:

"chimpanzees, like other primates, eat a mainly vegetarian diet. Dr. 
Jane Goodall, whose work with chimpanzees represents the longest 
continuous field study of any living creature in science history, says 
chimpanzees often go months without eating any meat whatsoever. Indeed, 
she says, "The total amount of meat consumed by a chimpanzee during a 
given year will represent only a very small percentage of the overall 
diet."
From: http://www.foodrevolution.org/askjohn/30.htm

All you have to do is look at the high rate of colon and other lower gi 
cancers and it's plain that a diet very high in meats is detrimental to 
our health.  Which is why eating lots of fruits and vegetables has been 
clinically proven good for us.

Were we designed to eat meat?  I don't think so, at least not in very 
large quantities.

Are we an intelligent and adaptable species, yes.  When other food 
sources were scarce, we learned to hunt and ate meat to survive.

-- 
Ryan Chapin
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