The modern myth of man as meat-eater
The diet/health debate continues to emerge from time to time and currently with the contretemps between Mssrs Turk and Bahrt. Points of view seem to be based only on reports from doctors and dietary experts. There is no reference to physiological facts.
The essential difference between carnivores and herbivores is their digestive tracts. Relative to their body size, carnivores have a short gut and high digesting acidity. Conversely, herbivores have long digestive tracts and considerably lower acidity. A leopard for instance has a 3-metre-long gut, compared to 10 metres for an adult human. A carnivore’s digestive acidity is six times greater than a human’s. Meat has to be digested quickly to avoid gut pollution and bowel damage. Plant-sourced food breaks down more slowly, requiring a longer gut and lower acidity. Meat remains in the human digestive tract too long, causing many diseases such as bowel cancer. Animal-sourced protein is the main cause of osteoporosis as it leaches calcium from the bones where 95 per cent of calcium is stored.
Physiologically, the human body is more suited to a plant-based diet but the current status quo is held in place by money and propaganda. It started with the primitive myth that consuming the flesh of a powerful buffalo would pass on its power to the man who consumed it. The myth grew into massive industries. Any disruption of the powerful food and pharmaceutical industries would have serious economic consequences. The latter controls the medical industry, while the former ensures both will thrive in the interests of shareholders.
JC Wilcox
