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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