> > >It was my understanding that eating only muscle meat > >would not be healthy. A person would have to eat organ > >meats also. (And fats, I suppose.) > > > Genetically, judging by his teeth and the length > of his intestine, the human body is a fruit-nut-grain > eater.
Omnivorous by definition includes meat though. It's pretty difficult to impress well-read people with vegetarian emotions and myths. Vegetarians do not for the most part live as long as omnivores. Please have a look at the vegetarian myths on Dr. Mercola's website for a fairly good rebuttal. http://www.mercola.com/2000/apr/2/vegetarian_myths.htm Dr. Byrnes is highly regarded and he makes a convincing argument, with scientific references. > > Meat is an emergency food in the first place! > A high protein diet leads to an over-acidic body > with all its problems, to name only osteoporosis. Heidi, I'll bite - your comment that meat is an emergency food is an emotional one and I believe, incorrect. Traditionally it was used wherever opportunity arose. Making tools to capture/slay it increased that opportunity. There are ways to balance the acidity produced. A high-protein, high-fiber diet isn't so bad, and you can always eat lemons, other alkalizing foods, and take the correct minerals to balance it out. You can even minimize the kidney load by ensureing you have ample antioxidant precursors and antioxidant- containing foods. > > Vegetarian diet, on the other hand, can be eaten forever > without any negative consequences. The person needs only > to make sure that vitamin B12 (which is produced by > bacteria in lactic fermentation of vegetables) is eaten > in sufficient quantities. I can disagree with that -- many practitioners including Beck point out that vegans are deficient in two amino acids, and if they are aware of that and will not co-operate to supplement at least while they're seeing you, to "not treat vegetarians or other death wishers". I'd like to point out that lactic acid fermentation uses sugars, starches and the natural polysaccharide polymers such as inulin and FOS. Of these, the longer-chain polymers are the most important because most of the other carb-loving bacteria, including problematic negative bacteria can also use the starches and sugars, and somewhat, the shorter chain polymers. > > Also the food must be organic, or certain minerals (iron etc.) will > have to be added. And basic reading about food must have been done > (for instance, to combine the right fruits to make a complete > protein, etc.) > Fruits are deficient in two essential amino acids. Duncan Crow -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
