Search:

Here's an excerpt from the updated (December 2009) article this thread is about, now renamed "Humans are naturally plant-eaters (according to the best evidence: our bodies)".

This is about studies...

I agree that we don't need to convince non-vegans that a vegan diet is natural, at least not in the strict version of 'natural'. I do think vegan food is the most natural choice for humans, but I...

Well - he's not alone - which you'll see if you check out some of the recent literature on the topic. (We also have some threads in this subforum that may interest you:

Man's early hunting role in...

Hi,

"Neanderthals were mostly carnivorous"... and, how does that relate to this topic? ;-)

That quote from Wikipedioa - that they were "either a subspecies" or they were a "different species" -...

I can't think of any of the questions I've asked you that I don't want you to answer, really. I have another one for you as well: what does the Wiki-link to article about Neanderthals do in this...

You've got the "scientific" part wrong, Mahk. I may post more later, but please - if you are interested in a discussion about this, answer my previous questions....

[/quote]
Well, since asking the question isn't impossible, it seems that you think it's 'impossible' to considering living on synthetic food something natural, and I agree - with one exception: if...

I don't think I changed anything, I just merged the original post that you may have responded to with the one I wrote afterwards.


The 'naturalness' of meat eating, compared with the naturalness...

I know that there are humans who eat insects, and that although there are areas today with there hundreds of millions who don't eat meat, eating meat is still common, and has been common in large...

We may not only disagree on who can be considered natural omnivores and who may not, but also in how the word "omnivore", and especially "natural omnivore" is being used.

I don't think it makes...

Since there's no evidence documenting that all the serious, unwanted health conditions that are associated with meat consumption only occur because the meat is processed in certain ways (or similar),...

In general, almost all animals that are eaten by carnivorous animals are plant eaters.

The biggest and strongest ones, maybe? AFAIK elephants, moose, horses, zebras, giraffes etc. don't eat meat (or eggs, dairy products, of course) except that they, due to the nature of things,...

Gorillas aren't strict herbivores, are they? Anyway... what do you suggest that these pictures show (if anything)?

...and here's how the teeth of grizzly bears look:

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_DoXZIzLLwM4/SV31K46WXbI/AAAAAAAAAS4/BKvjLXDYiLg/s400/grizzlybear.jpg

If what I've read is correct, only 20% of their...

Herbivorous dog? :-)


http://www.allfedup.com/DogTeeth.jpg

Take a look in the mirror, and compare your teeth with the teeth of meat eating animals...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p8sqefdm9x0/R5GGIb_08vI/AAAAAAAABx4/wTbr6rZF0GE/s400/tiger%2Bteeth.jpg
...

That's hard to understand, because the logical consequence of that statement would be that everything humans do is something they are 'meant to' do, otherwise they wouldn't do it. Try the same...

With all due respect - if people think everything is 'natural', or nothing is 'unnatural', they either shouldn't use the word or try to understand what others mean when they use the word. :-) It's...

You still seem mix up the definition of natural with normal. Normal is a question of mathematics (** % think/eat/do this, while only ** % think/eat/do that), while natural is about something...

If a person contacts a doctor or expert on nutrition for advice, he'll probably 'by default' consider him a neutral person - if he eats animal products - in other words, if he doesn't recommend a...

I can see that their link to Peta (which are known for their links links to ALF) and PCRMs former link to Jerry Vlasak will hurt their credibilty.

It's a difficult situation, because it's so easy...

This is a tricky one... if a physician examines all the facts he has access to about nutrition, health and biology, and comes to the conclusion that he is in favor of recommending a 100% plant based...

Lots of people disagree with each other on various topics here... the only requrement we have is that people agree in being vegans (and are vegans). Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a vegan board......

Eating meat isn't natural

Why humans are primarily plant-eaters by design

by Michael Bluejay,
August 2006

A little excerpt: