From The Writings of Vasu Murti

Humans are Biologically Built Vegetarian

Our human anatomy is undeniably designed to subsist on plant foods and not on animal flesh; literally every aspect of our bodies proves we are herbivore / frugivores and not carnivore / omnivores.
 
To begin with, humans and other natural vegetarians have four times longer, convoluted intestinal tracts perfect for slow digesting fruits and starches, whereas omnivore/carnivores have four times shorter intestines to quickly push out the acidic, putrefying animal flesh they eat.
 
Humans have alkaline saliva ptyalin to pre-digest grains, alkaline urine, and weak stomach acid whereas all omnivore / carnivores have acidic saliva, acidic urine, and ten to one thousand times stronger hydrochloric stomach acid essential for digesting meat.  All natural flesh-eaters also secrete the enzyme "uricase" necessary to metabolize the uric acid in meat, but uricase is not produced by our human bodies.
 
Humans have lateral jaw movement and flat molars for grinding grains and vegetables whereas natural flesh eaters have no lateral jaw movement and scores of huge fangs for biting and ripping. Humans have short, weak fingernails whereas carnivores and omnivores have long, strong, sharp claws for cutting through skin and flesh. 
 
Humans must take in Vitamin C from our food whereas all carnivores and most omnivores produce their own Vitamin C.  Natural omnivores and carnivores also have a microbial tolerance far higher than humans.  For example the botulinum toxin which is deadly to humans but is easily and safely digested by natural flesh-eaters.
 
Human mouths water at the sights and smells of ripe plant foods whereas omnivore / carnivore's mouths water at the sight and smell of dead animal carcasses.  To humans the image and stench of bloody roadkill turns the stomach and is not the least bit appetizing.  The only way we will even eat animal flesh is if it is first cleaned, marinated, and seasoned with various vegetarian herbs and spices to make it palatable.
 
Human vision is easily able to differentiate various colors making it simple to discern ripe from unripe plant foods, whereas the color vision of most omnivore / carnivores is far less discerning.
 
Humans sleep only six to twelve hours a day like most herbivore / frugivores, whereas most omnivore / carnivores sleep eighteen to twenty hours a day. Humans sweat from pores all over our bodies whereas all carnivores and most omnivores release perspiration from their tongues. Humans have single births and two mammary glands whereas most all omnivores and carnivores birth litters of several babies have have rows upon rows of mammary glands.
 
In summation, our bodies clearly resemble that of an herbivore / frugivore, not an omnivore / carnivore.  For the human body, animal flesh is highly acidic, fattening, cholesterol-laden, artery-clogging, lymph-clotting, mucus-forming, constipating, difficult to digest, and full of worms, parasites, bacteria, metabolic waste, hormones, and chemicals all of which breed disease.
 
For human beings there is not a single vitamin, mineral, nutrient, phyto-nutrient, amino-acid, fatty-acid, protein-chain, omega, or any other such elusive vital ingredient to health, not a single thing found in meat (or dairy) products that cannot be found, in greater abundance and more optimally, in the plant kingdom.  Put simply, humans are biologically built vegetarians.
 
The number of animals killed for food in the United States is nearly 75 times larger than the number of animals killed in laboratories, thirty times larger than the number killed by hunters and trappers, and five hundred times larger than the number of animals killed in animal pounds. Veganism is direct action. Philanthropist Philip Wollen similarly says:
 
"A few years ago I prepared a list and discovered there were literally thousands of animals I didn't eat... dogs or cats, bears or bats, tigers or turtles, horses or hamsters, rosellas or rats. Nor did I drink the milk of dogs, donkeys, giraffes, or cats. I decided to go only five animals more... I simply added cows, sheep, pigs, chickens and fish to the list. It was a breeze. 
 
"I didn't crave lamb any more than I craved lion; I didn't miss beef any more than I missed bandicoots. I didn't miss chicken any more than I missed cheetah. I didn't miss pork any more than I missed porcupine. 
 
"I replaced dead animals with an astounding variety of colourful, delicious and healthy plant foods. And I feel better for it. I sleep peacefully and deeply. I now have boundless energy, more than people half my age. My memory has improved rapidly. I remember what an unexamined life I had lived. And I care for all living things more deeply. Frankly, I didn't know what I had been missing.
 
"My greatest regret in life was that I did not do this from the start. It occurred to me that when I die I would like the chapel to be filled with people I have loved. Not the tortured souls of animals I have killed. Adding only five animals to an already huge list was the easiest (and wisest) thing I ever did. Try it. You won't regret it. The planet will thank you for it. And the farmers, the taxpayers and your family will thank you too." 

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