Baby Develops Mental Defiency as a Result of Mother's Vegan Diet
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CommiePlanner
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In my opinion the mother was negligent (sp?), and may need assistance with her children.
Wolfe Tone
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I agree with some of the views. The mother should put the needs of her children ahead of her (IMO wrong) morales. If we weren't meant to eat meat then we wouldn't be able to get any useful substances from it. I don't care if people don't want to eat meat (more for the rest of us) but a person shouldn't risk harm to her children for such a worthless cause.
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Originally posted by allhailIndia
Hello, what about all those brainiac Indian vegetarians burning up Silicon Valley... well their parents were also veggies too, tho not vegans!!!
Perhaps they became vegetarians AFTER they became braniacs.
This still doesn't explain the absence of brain damage among people in rural Asia who have no access to animal products.B12 is naturally available in aminal products via bateria which naturally grow on them.
The removal of these bacteria in modern "hygenic" processes is what removes them.
This incident does not provide adequate proof that humans are not naturally vegetarian.
And Curt, you can go ahead and equate these people with mothers who pass crack on to their kids. You don't seem to say anything about parents who fill their kids full of junk food and other crap which implements much more health risks than veganism.
Evolution has shaped us to be hunters. It is this hunter instinct that has made us grow smart. (you don't require much calculating skills to eat grass)
Humans are by nature meat eaters. We like a few veggys too, and pretty much anything we can get our hands on, but meat tastes the best. This is our bodys way of saying that is the best thing for us.
Modern living in the west has given people the choice to make decisions on how they eat based on principles. This is an example of how a privileged life style can warp basic needs beyond common sense.
I wonder if you have vegatarians in Ethopia?
Humans are by nature meat eaters. We like a few veggys too, and pretty much anything we can get our hands on, but meat tastes the best. This is our bodys way of saying that is the best thing for us.
Modern living in the west has given people the choice to make decisions on how they eat based on principles. This is an example of how a privileged life style can warp basic needs beyond common sense.
I wonder if you have vegatarians in Ethopia?
cgannon64
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Put two and two together.
First of all, eyes in the front, an evolutionary design common in ALL hunters. Eyes on the side, common in all prey (read: herbavores). We got to where we are eating me, and we should eat meat. Sure, its possible to eat only vegetables and survive, but why? Is it because you don't like killing animals?think of the poor little plants!
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There's an article in New Scientist 1,14,03 which suggests that very early humans were scavengers, and did not become hunters until late in the evolutionary development. Might be worth a read.
Of course, they still ate meat
Of course, they still ate meat
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CG: I just don't like the taste of meat.
oh, like spinach is so much better right?
oh, like spinach is so much better right?
cgannon64
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...but we have foward facing eyes, sharp teeth, and a "tearing jaw". We ARE technically omivores, after all. Omnivores...meat and vegetables!
no, spinach isnt better
Originally posted by cgannon64
...but we have foward facing eyes, sharp teeth, and a "tearing jaw". We ARE technically omivores, after all. Omnivores...meat and vegetables!
no, spinach isnt better
You can't possibly compare our so-called "dog-teeth" to those of even an omnivore.
They're great for getting through apples and other hard vegetation, but I'd challenge anyone to jump onto a cow and start chewing their way through.
And BTW, I LIKE spinach.
Originally posted by sysyphus
You can't possibly compare our so-called "dog-teeth" to those of even an omnivore.
They're great for getting through apples and other hard vegetation, but I'd challenge anyone to jump onto a cow and start chewing their way through.
And BTW, I LIKE spinach.
Yeah i like spinach too
Humans have become the most successful hunters because they devoloped tools and a highly intelligent strategic brain.
If we stayed dumb we probably would have developed fangs or claws to kill.
You can't really compare us to other animals in the wild when it comes too hunting.
Most people (including innocent newborns) prefer sweet things. Is this the body's way of telling us hard candy is the best thing for us? Maybe a fondness for these flavours (meat & sugar) was useful when they were scarce, and could not be obtained in great quantity. Now, it's easy to overdose on meat and sweets, which makes digestion wasteful and dependent on these things.
Yes, yet we have the front-facing eyes of animals (like all primates) that purposely engage their world, whether that be to chase prey or scan for the perfect apple in a tree or pick a shorecrab to bits, and we have the dexterity, comprehension, and pugnacity to get at anything. We can get eggs out of cliff-pockets, wrench oysters from the sea floor, prospect and unearth hidden roots, or drink juice from the heart of a cactus or coconut. We're omnivores, I'd say, not just because of our proven ability to digest a strange variety of foods, but because we can get food that others can't.
Our taste for sugar comes from being fruit eaters. I'm not a nutritionist, but I know that the human body needs a balanced dose of both protien and sugars. Meat and fruit/veg are the main source for both.
Maybe at certain stages of devolpment the body craves more of one than the other. (?)
Maybe at certain stages of devolpment the body craves more of one than the other. (?)
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It doesn't matter, because humans can basically survive on anything - from jungle plants to rice to deer to even potatoes.
That's a pretty big span if you think about it. What are the eating habits of, say, a bear?
That's a pretty big span if you think about it. What are the eating habits of, say, a bear?
