To eat or not to eat meat, that is the question.
Here's the final answer: The human body was designed to eat certain kinds of food. And you can tell which kinds by looking at other animals.
Let's take a look at the characteristics of MEAT-eaters versus herbivore animals.
Meat-eaters:
1. Have forward-facing eyes for hunting.
2. Need teeth sharp enough to tear into meat.
3. Possess a smaller stomach because meat is relatively easier to digest.
Plant-eaters:
1. Possess sideways-facing eyes to keep a lookout for predators.
2. Possess flat molar-like teeth for grinding tough vegetation.
3. Possess larger stomachs to cull the nutrients from grass.
So is your stomach as big as a beach ball or closer to a softball? When you smile, do you see sharp or entirely blunt teeth? Are your eyes facing forward?
Humans are supposed to eat meat. If you wish not to because of personal reasons, more power to you. Just don't spread the gospel that abstaining from meat is healthy.
It is true that there are studies demonstrating vegetarians are more healthy than average people. But that's not much of a feat. Average people subsist on soda and chips. Restricting yourself from meat just means you have more self-discipline than average.
However, look at someone with the same self-discipline and allow them to eat meat, and that's another result altogether.
You must, however, stick to eating healthy meat that isn't stuffed with preservatives. Whole Foods makes great burgers which have ruined me for regular meat. If you go natural, the healthier stuff really does taste better. - 15634
Here's the final answer: The human body was designed to eat certain kinds of food. And you can tell which kinds by looking at other animals.
Let's take a look at the characteristics of MEAT-eaters versus herbivore animals.
Meat-eaters:
1. Have forward-facing eyes for hunting.
2. Need teeth sharp enough to tear into meat.
3. Possess a smaller stomach because meat is relatively easier to digest.
Plant-eaters:
1. Possess sideways-facing eyes to keep a lookout for predators.
2. Possess flat molar-like teeth for grinding tough vegetation.
3. Possess larger stomachs to cull the nutrients from grass.
So is your stomach as big as a beach ball or closer to a softball? When you smile, do you see sharp or entirely blunt teeth? Are your eyes facing forward?
Humans are supposed to eat meat. If you wish not to because of personal reasons, more power to you. Just don't spread the gospel that abstaining from meat is healthy.
It is true that there are studies demonstrating vegetarians are more healthy than average people. But that's not much of a feat. Average people subsist on soda and chips. Restricting yourself from meat just means you have more self-discipline than average.
However, look at someone with the same self-discipline and allow them to eat meat, and that's another result altogether.
You must, however, stick to eating healthy meat that isn't stuffed with preservatives. Whole Foods makes great burgers which have ruined me for regular meat. If you go natural, the healthier stuff really does taste better. - 15634
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