Rather interesting new scientific note:
“Genetic changes that apparently allow humans to live longer than any other primate may be rooted in a more carnivorous diet.
These changes may also promote brain development and make us less vulnerable to diseases of aging, such as cancer, heart disease and dementia.”
-LiveScience
This is a bit of a refutation to those bleeding heart, and perhaps short lived, anti-meat eating types. Actually, they too benefited from the meat eating of our collective ancestors. These anti-meat types would ban farmers from raising livestock. Most unfortunate since livestock grazing on pasture is the best use of our hilly fields and livestock like chickens and pigs can take the waste from a farm, such as crop gleanings and milk or whey not fit for human consumption, and turn it into high quality meat.
The reality is eating meat is perfectly natural and has helped us with the evolution of not just our brains but our longer lives that allow us to better use our brains. Eating meat is part of nature. Wolves eat meat. Cats eat meat. Bears eat meat. Ferrets eat meat. Humans eat meat. Preferably you will eat pasture raised meat. We farm sunshine which grows grasses and legumes that our animals turn into high quality meat and lipids. Meat is good for you and part of a balanced diet. Eat meat and be thankful.
I’m sorry, what was that? I was checking the Roast Pork in the oven.
Comment Steve Ainsworth — December 16, 2009 @ 7:37 am
Hello All
They don’t want us to meat, as with encouraging us to eat inferior quality processed food, precisely because it will make the population more docile, and thus more manageable.
There are many aspects to the above proposition but primary among them are diminished ability to reason and simple exhaustion from malnutrition.
And that’s the future the planners have decided upon for our heirs.
Comment Mr Dirty Nails — December 16, 2009 @ 7:43 am
I have to say I love being a carnivore. Additionally, I am a Atkins Life-Time Maintenance Gal. Started on this journey in 2006, right before we bought the farm. Atkins and farming go hand in hand, hand in glove, whatever…
It’s the eating habits of Atkins that melded so well with my MIG style grazing, humane efforts of slaughter, and the totally natural (not organic–not good enough IMHO) growing of vegetables, fruits and grains. I eat everything except processed sugars. (Note, sugar makes cancer cells grow and flourish, and that includes HFCS).
So this is something I agree with hardily and I’m sure the good Dr Atkins would too if he were still around.
Comment Shepherdess — December 16, 2009 @ 9:26 am
Could be why Vegans are six times more likely to suffer brain shrinkage (go ahead and google it).
Pass the bacon please!
Comment Cardigan99 — December 17, 2009 @ 6:01 pm
I read an article somewhere that talked about how a vegan diet was completely unsustainable in most of the world. Vegans must use suplements and transport food tremendously long distances to get their food. An omnivore diet allows for local storage of foods over the winter and all the food can be produced locally and is a complete balanced diet. We are naturally omnivores. Eating meat fruit veggies nuts and grains is all a natural part of our diet. Be a localavore omnivore and eat sustainably for a better planet!
Comment Jane Austa Hamilton — December 24, 2009 @ 7:58 am
If humans weren’t supposed to eat meat, why do they have two “canine” teeth for tearing just like dogs and cats and…
Comment Julia — December 26, 2009 @ 8:39 pm
If God wanted us to be vegan, then why did he make animals out of meat?
Comment Jeanne — January 1, 2010 @ 5:04 pm