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Default HUMANS ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR EATING MEAT

Mr.Smartypants wrote:

> On Jun 9, 8:47 am, wrote:
>> Pure scientific rubbish.
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>> Humans and those proceeding them in evolution have been eating to great
>> advantage meat for about 2 million years.
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>> The evolution in digestion and metabolism to eat just about anything has
>> led to humans being able to occupy all places on the globe.
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>> Some scholars think adding meat to their diet led to the evolution of
>> the larger brains that make humans as we know them.
>>
>> Eskimos who eat almost all meat in their traditional diet because of
>> living in the artic were in very good health.

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> They also suffer from the highest rate of osteoporosis in the world.


Would a defective gene possibly be responsible, rather than the diet?
Samoans, who eat a lot more meat and fish than the average westerner,
did pretty well until they began stuffing themselves with sugar-laden
western snacks and beverages.