Hi Mike N, Mike K here......

> >The china-Oxford-Cornell study - the largest study ever undertaken I believe
> >into the effect of diet on health found that animal products in the diet -
> >even small amounts are linked to disease. Also, we share over 98% of genes
> >with our primate relatives, can our optimum diet be so different?
>
> Yes.  Because 1) They were undoubtedly researching *cooked* proteins and 2)
> chimpanzees and gorrilas are not our evolutionary ancestors.

I agree in theory that the study dealt with cooked animal products and
found
that cooked animal products are disasterous for the human body. This
may or
may not be true for raw, I don't know. I cannot stomach the thought of
eating raw meat / guts etc. This maybe conditioning but it's the way
it is.
Today, 2 geese were swimming in a lake with 11 little babies swimming
behind
and loads of people gathered to say Ahhhhh....together. Conditioning
or
instinct? You tell me.

Chimps and Gorrilas are not our ancestors, true again, but we share
over 98%
of genes and our digestive tracts are identical. They are frugivores -
eating primarily fruit and leaves so it would seem reasonable to
assume that
we are frugivores also n'est pas?

Some primates eat a small amount of animal products (mainly bugs) but
it is
generally accepted that they do not need this additional food which
forms
less than 5% of the diet.

Mike K.