Chlorophyll wrote:
Oh wow.
I hope I don't get accused of stirring the pot or anything, but humans are omnivores. You can ask any biologist or anthropologist you want. I'm pretty sure most primates are omnivores. We don't have the very long, multi-stomached digestive tracts that strict herbivores have. This chart seems like someone just cherry picked the similarities they wanted to convey a political agenda or something.
I don't have a problem with veganism or vegetarianism. I'm just a biology nerd and this is misinformation.
I agree, we are omnivores - meaning we are able to eat & digest both plant-based foods and meat. However, I don't believe that we were meant to have meat at every meal, or perhaps not even every day. I mean, think about it - back before humans were able to mass produce their meat and actually had to hunt every single animal they ate, do you think they'd eat that meat at every meal? No, because they probably couldn't catch more than one or two animals anytime they'd go out hunting. They likely just ate it once per day and the rest of the day they'd eat fruits, veggies, nuts, etc. IMO that's what our diets should look like - 15% meat, 85% food that the Earth naturally provides for us.
Personally, I stopped eating meat because the food industry is so fucked up that things that are labelled organic/non-GMO/free-range, etc might not be so. The meat/dairy industry is in bed with the USDA - the USDA is responsible for the safety of meat, dairy and eggs, yet many high-ranking staff members at the USDA were or are employed by or are affiliated with the meat and dairy industries. So the group responsible for the safety of meat, poultry and egg products is run by people from the same industries they're supposed to be protecting us from, that's a conflict of interest. Read the book Skinny Bitch if you're interested in that kind of thing - there's a whole chapter on what goes on behind the scenes. I'd really rather not eat meat from an animal that's been injected with hormones, antibiotics, etc or an animal that's been raised in a cage, tossed around, etc. Especially when the label on the package doesn't guarantee anything anymore.
Sorry for the rant, I just felt like I had to justify why I don't eat meat despite the fact that I do believe it's fine for humans to consume some animal products
And also, gorillas are herbivores
i just found it weird that she eats so much one day almost 7 kg melon for a lunch, i would have a remorse to eat that much
