RE: The redneck strike again.
May 18, 2014 at 8:12 am
(This post was last modified: May 18, 2014 at 8:20 am by Confused Ape.)
(May 18, 2014 at 7:08 am)Riketto Wrote: The article talk about toxins in meat.
This has nothing to do with vegetarianism or not.
It has a lot to do with vegetarianism because some vegans and vegetarians insist that humans can't cope with the toxins because they aren't omnivores. Not all vegetarians agree that humans aren't omnivores because I found this article on the Vegetarian Resource Group website - Humans Are Omnivores
Quote:Introduction
There are a number of popular myths about vegetarianism that have no scientific basis in fact. One of these myths is that man is naturally a vegetarian because our bodies resemble plant eaters, not carnivores. In fact we are omnivores, capable of either eating meat or plant foods. The following addresses the unscientific theory of man being only a plant eater.
Conclusion
Humans are classic examples of omnivores in all relevant anatomical traits. There is no basis in anatomy or physiology for the assumption that humans are pre-adapted to the vegetarian diet. For that reason, the best arguments in support of a meat-free diet remain ecological, ethical, and health concerns.
[Dr. McArdle is a vegetarian and currently Scientific Advisor to The American Anti-Vivisection Society. He is an anatomist and a primatologist.
(May 17, 2014 at 10:14 am)Riketto Wrote: Some poison come from here (slaughterhouse contamination) some from there (toxins build up by animals in fear).
One more reason for keeping away from this sort of dung (meat).
I'm an ovo-lacto vegetarian. I can think of good reasons for not eating meat - conditions in factory farms and slaughterhouses etc. - but pseudo-science isn't one of them.



