What is your opinion on vegetarianism? Look inside?

Question

I found this, supporting that we are herbivores. Now ai want to hear the other side of the story... can you show me proof that cows were put on this earth for us to eat? what bout meat in general?>>>

http://bizarro.com/vegan/vegan_carnivores.htm PLEASE go before you post. Listen to both sides, as I am trying ot do.

Answer 1

During the process of human evolution, when the homo erectus started eating meat, it not only gave it the proteins it needed to supply the body with energy, but it also gave extra energy to produce further brain development. Without this, it is presumed that man would have never have reached this level of intelligence in its evolution. Oh and yes, my opinion on vegetarians. I believe that a human being can be both an omnivore and a herbivore, but that it would be very difficult for us to maintain a balanced diet by being 100% carnivores. I would say: to each his own, being a vegetarian is not bad for you if you supplement the proteins that you would otherwise get from meat.

Answer 2

When humans first roamed the Earth, we WERE herbivores in the sense that we gathered and ate the plants around us. As we evolved, meat was added to the diet. Our ancestors discovered that they did not have to forage as much if they ate meat because the protein kept them full. Once humans began eating meat, a truly remarkable change happened to them: their brains got larger! Humans are NOT carnivores; they are OMNIVORES, meaning they eat both plants and meat. When you are a hunter and gatherer, it is hard to get the food you need to survive and humans discovered they could domesticate some of the wild animals so that they would have a steady supply of food. They also discovered how to hybridize the grasses and other foods around them and became farmers.

At this point in time, a person can be a vegan, vegetarian, omnivore, or whatever because of the abundance of food and the likelihood that you can get the essential vitamins and minerals from various sources.

Answer 3

We aren't herbivores or carnivores; we're omnivores. We're designed to be able to survive on a wide variety of foodstuffs. We don't need tiger-sized canines to eat small birds, mammals, and reptiles. We function best on a primarily plant-based diet, but that says nothing about whether or not we should eat *any* meat. If you simply look at human history, we've always been hunters to one degree or another; and this superior adaptation has allowed us a much wider habitat range than other primates. In harsh environments, such as the European ice ages, we eat more meat. Looking holistically, and without the propaganda of animal rights advocates, we are primates who eat mostly fruits and vegetables, and a little bit of meat and fish here and there. It's also the populations that eat that way that tend to live the longest.

Animal rights people come up with dietary arguments to justify their *ethical* stance that killing animals is wrong. They should let that ethical case stand or fall by itself. The arguments there are all specious, because they assume that such things as tools and fire are not "natural" parts of the human dietary process -- but they are, since we've been using both for several hundred thousand years at least, since long *before* "modern humans" (homo sapiens) even evolved. We cut up and cook animals; that's part of human behavior, part of our biological adaptability.

Everyone can draw the line differently. Eating cows makes me uneasy; but I have no problem eating chickens or fish, and probably would eat reptiles or insects if they were a common local foodstuff.

Answer 4

Hmmm, that is an interesting article, but the problem is, he is comparing herbivore/carnivore. Never did he mention the kind of traits we share with other omnivores (Not that I know any really; I just thought that was a good point!). We do have some carnivorous traits about us, too. Our eyes are on the front of our head, like a cat or any other critter of prey, and not on the side of our head like a bunny rabbit or a deer. This is because predators need to see directly ahead, while prey need to see their surroundings to know when to bolt. Also, as creepy as it might be, I do kinda like the smell of blood!

Answer 5

what do I care what you eat?
it's always the vegans saying: I can't believe your eating that

how is what I eat, the basis for more discrimination?

I saw a caveman re-creation documentary, we used to be arboreal, no more than tree dwelling monkeys, and then we started eating meat, and our brains grew proportionatly in time, we left the trees and started civilization

Regardless of food prefs, our bodies require a list of ingrediants to keep than functioning optimally, if your not eating meat you need riboflavin, and protein, and god knows what else - but it's all in meat - so you'll need to suppliment with pills

really not much natural equilibrium in that

I think alot of the reason people are vegetarians is not because they don't believe in killing animals, or their concerend with what's in meat - (though it's what they say, and prolly what they 'think' they think) it's cause were spoiled - the whole culture is so
'sissified' we don't wanna think about guts and blood - but our ancheint ancestors had no qualms

eat broccoli, what do I care?
but to each there own, respect my beliefs also, don't look down on people, because of preference

Answer 6

To respond to the last respondent:
Hitler was not a vegetarian. His physician recommended that he become a vegetarian, but Hitler refused.

Our modern physiology and the archeological evidence indicates that we and our ancestors are omnivores, but that is unimportant. WHAT IF us humans were strict carnivores? Would that change your position? Would it make killing animals any more or less right or wrong? ...And what about the horrible treatment of animals in factory farms? You imply that our physiology dictates what is right and wrong in that regard. In so doing, you are creating a larger threat to animal welfare than any of it's opponents ever could.

Answer 7

I confess, I am an omnivore.
Vegetables most of the time, but I will eat meat (almost any kind of meat) whenever it is offered to me. I ate chicken, beef, kangaroo, ostrich, various type of gazelle, zebra, buffalo, giraffe, guinea pig, monkey, snake, crocodile, larvae, worms, crickets, lizards and more. I am not joking.

Answer 8

no i don't believe cows were put here just to eat. It is some ones idea it would be a good thing to do, and it was followed by others. people were starving years ago and still are and eating animals were their way of survival.

Answer 9

That entire page is basically saying humans aren't carnivores, which we never were to begin with. We eat both meat and plants, and I see no problem with it.

Answer 10

as a vegetarian, i get really fed up with people trying to determine if humans are herbivores or carnivores. we're omnivores, for god's sake!! which also means...we get to choose what we eat :) and i choose not to eat skeletal muscle