Just sharing my perspective. Not beating up on vegetarians. There's no such thing as an omnivore.
Animals fall into 2 categories like carnivores or herbivores; easily defined by 2 different digestive systems. Herbivores have multiple stomachs to help them break down plant matter. Carnivores don’t have that ability, so plant material often passes through them.
While some animals like cats can technically survive on plant-based diets; perhaps supplements from meat sources.
Humans, our biology is carnivorous. Plant-based diets can certainly keep people alive and even healthy for a time. Ultimately the plant based diet must be supplemented with pills sourced from meat or you get sick.
Literally nothing of what you wrote is backed up by science. It's completely wrong. And towards that ridiculous last line of argument: There have been vegans in India for several thousand years, and they are doing great—without any supplements necessary.
I dunno who ever credibly made this argument, it's been widely accepted for a long time that humans are omnivores . Meat provides proteins that plants lack.
AMH shows up in the fossil record 40K years ago. The seeds and nuts she discusses don't show up until the late neolithic. Modern hunter gatherers eat what they can catch and make up the rest with plants, but none of them are strict vegetarian at all.
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[ 1.7 ms ] story [ 30.2 ms ] threadAnimals fall into 2 categories like carnivores or herbivores; easily defined by 2 different digestive systems. Herbivores have multiple stomachs to help them break down plant matter. Carnivores don’t have that ability, so plant material often passes through them.
While some animals like cats can technically survive on plant-based diets; perhaps supplements from meat sources.
Humans, our biology is carnivorous. Plant-based diets can certainly keep people alive and even healthy for a time. Ultimately the plant based diet must be supplemented with pills sourced from meat or you get sick.