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originally posted by: socialmediaclown
Again, my question is, if a 100% plant based diet holds no nutritional value then how do some grazing animals not only survive but thrive? Take the bison for example, how many centuries has this creature existed on plant sustenance alone?
originally posted by: socialmediaclown
a reply to: TrulyColorBlind
That's true, some -not all - animals have 4 chambered stomachs to break down cellulose. Humans can't break down cellulose but we do have bacteroides that break down and digest nutrients in food we consume, both plant and animal.
originally posted by: socialmediaclown
a reply to: tanstaafl
Is the meat of a bison less nutritionally dense and fatty than the meat of a carnivorous animal...say, a lion?
originally posted by: socialmediaclown
Again, my question is, if a 100% plant based diet holds no nutritional value then how do some grazing animals not only survive but thrive? Take the bison for example, how many centuries has this creature existed on plant sustenance alone?
originally posted by: socialmediaclown
a reply to: TrulyColorBlind
That's true, some -not all - animals have 4 chambered stomachs to break down cellulose.
Humans can't break down cellulose but we do have bacteroides that break down and digest nutrients in food we consume, both plant and animal.
originally posted by: socialmediaclown
a reply to: tanstaafl
I don't believe the idea that humans evolved to eat only red meat.
Evolution is adaptation. We adapted to eat meat but that doesn't mean we can't adapt to other alternatives.
We're not finished evolving. If something would happen that forced humans to cut down on or give up meat, our systems would adapt to the new environment. Adapt or die.
If you go back to early humans, before we domesticated animals (even after), they sustained themselves through feast/famine patterns of eating. They ate the way other carnivorous animals ate. They hunted, consumed the kill before it went bad (unless they had a way to store it in the winter), and then they fasted or sustained themselves by foraging until the next hunt.
They didn't eat meat 3x a day, every single day the way most Americans do today, which is overconsuming and not healthy.
Imo, it's not so much what you eat (excluding sugar and highly processed food) but how you eat and how often. For optimal health, more people should try intermittent fasting. That's what our ancestors were doing, that's the pattern of consumption that most people can easily adapt to.
I didn't say 'only', I said primarily.
That is what we are, whether you like or believe it or not.
Evolution/adaptation takes hundreds of thousands, even millions of years.
we'd die out - just like the vegetarian versions of our ancestors did.
The carnivore community agrees with you, which is why most eat no more than two, but very often only one meal a day.
Ruminants are extremely good at filtering out the plant toxins (both naturally occurring and mand added)
originally posted by: KKLOCO
a reply to: JAGStorm
I’ve yet to meat a vegetarian that has proper muscle mass for their body size. They are all very frail looking.
originally posted by: socialmediaclown
a reply to: tanstaafl
In this thread, you claimed that fruit has zero nutritional value.
You also recommended someone go on a "100% red meat diet". So I assumed you meant 'only'.
It's a good thing I'm not mandated to take health or dietary advice from strangers on the Internet.
For an entire civilization, sure. But not for a single lifespan.
You act as though humans don't have any conscious control over our own evolution,
Can you tell me who these vegetarian ancestors were who died out?
As humans branched out and spanned across the globe and settled in different regions, they adapted to different climates, different cultures, different ways of life.
We humans are not a "one size fits all". Thankfully.
Not everyone on the planet adapted to your "100% red meat" lifestyle. There are a couple of African tribes, centuries old, that don't eat much meat. They are still thriving to this very day.
Are you a member of the "carnivore community?
Do you eat only one meal a day?
Sometimes I fast completely for a couple of days.
I don't eat meat every day. I eat it on occasion.
I have news for you. Meat also has toxins
You will probably never be 100% toxin free if that is your goal.