Do you ever think about how far we’ve diverted from the path
of our pre-historic ancestors and they’re eating patterns? Consider how the
earliest humans evolved, and what they ate. They were hunter-gatherers and did
not evolve with the characteristics of carnivores. Humans aren’t made to tear
animals apart and eat their flesh. When you look at carnivorous animals, such
as wild cats, you can see their teeth are designed to rip and tear, not chew.
Humans evolved from vegetarian creatures. Even our digestive
systems are not particularly suited to eating meat. Eating meat is a relatively
recent development in human history, most likely born of opportunity and
necessity. Perhaps earliest man observed carnivores eating meat, and if they
couldn’t find any of the natural foods they were used to eating, such as
vegetables, berries, nuts and grains, then they might have assumed that eating
meat would at least sustain life.
But initially we emulated the creatures we evolved from,
herbivores like apes. Even to a prehistoric mind, apes would have looked
similar to man, walking primarily upright, with arms and hands. We naturally
would have foraged for our food, eating roots and berries, fruits and nuts. We
would have watched the apes peeling bananas, or crushing nuts on stones to get
at the meat of the nut.
We would have been living more moment-to-moment, constantly
foraging for food. Hunting, after all, requires thought and planning. Eating
meat requires preparation and most importantly, fire. Until man discovered
fire, he was primarily vegetarian, living in what was the natural order of
things. Vegetarian eating is a more natural way of eating, in addition to being
healthier. It’s a way that’s in balance with the planet, and doesn’t seek to
dominate it and conquer it.
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