Since becoming a vegetarian in 1975, at the ripe old age of 36 and vegan in 1990 at the age of 41, I have constantly been told that humans are naturally designed to eat anything that had a face and a mother and pooped. This, obviously, was told to me by conditioned people that were addicted to the taste of flesh and blood.
Since becoming a vegetarian in 1975, at the ripe old age of 36 and vegan in 1990 at the age of 41, I have constantly been told that humans are naturally designed to eat anything that had a face and a mother and pooped. This, obviously, was told to me by conditioned people that were addicted to the taste of flesh and blood.
After getting a Masters degree in Nutrition and doing roughly 40 years of radio shows about health, I learned and always talk about how the human form is specifically and anatomically designed to eat plant-based foods. So, rather then boring you with more of that, I chose another venue to put it all in perspective.
FACIAL MUSCLES
CARNIVORES: reduced to allow wide mouth gape.
OMNIVORES: reduced.
HERBIVORES: Well developed.
HUMANS: Well developed.
JAW TYPE
CARNIVORES: angle not expanded.
OMNIVORES: angle not expanded.
HERBIVORES: expanded angle.
HUMANS: expanded angle.
JAW JOINT LOCATION
CARNIVORES: on same plane as molar teeth.
OMNIVORES: on same plane as molar teeth.
HERBIVORES: above the plane of molars.
HUMANS: above the plane of molars.
JAW MOTION
CARNIVORES: shearing; minimal side-to-side motion.
OMNIVORES: shearing; minimal side-to-side motion.
HERBIVORES: no shear; good side-to-side, front-to-back.
HUMANS: no shear; good side-to side, front-to-back.
MAJOR JAW MUSCLES
CARNIVORES: temporalis.
OMNIVORES: temporalis.
HERBIVORES: masseter and pterygoids.
HUMANS: masseter and pterygoids.
MOUTH OPENING VS. HEAD SIZE
CARNIVORES: large.
OMNIVORES: large.
HERBIVORES: small.
HUMANS: small.
TEETH: INCISORS
CARNIVORES: short and pointed.
OMNIVORES: short and pointed.
HERBIVORES: broad, flattened and spade-shaped.
HUMANS: broad, flattened and spade-shaped.
TEETH: CANINES
CARNIVORES: long, sharp, and curved.
OMNIVORES: long, sharp, and curved.
HERBIVORES: dull and short, or long for defense, or none.
HUMANS: short and blunted.
TEETH: MOLARS
CARNIVORES: sharp, jagged, and blade shaped.
OMNIVORES: sharp blades and/or flattened
HERBIVORES: flattened with cusps vs. complex surface.
HUMANS: flattened with nodular cusps.
CHEWING
CARNIVORES: none; swallows food whole.
OMNIVORES: swallows food whole and/or simple crushing.
HERBIVORES: extensive chewing necessary.
HUMANS: extensive chewing necessary.
SALIVA
CARNIVORES: no digestive enzymes.
OMNIVORES: no digestive enzymes.
HERBIVORES: carbohydrate digesting enzymes.
HUMANS: carbohydrate digesting enzymes.
STOMACH TYPE
CARNIVORES: simple.
OMNIVORES: simple.
HERBIVORES: simple or multiple chambers.
HUMANS: simple.
STOMACH ACIDITY WITH FOOD IN STOMACH
CARNIVORES: pH 1.
OMNIVORES: pH 1.
HERBIVORES: pH 4-5.
HUMANS: pH 4-5.
LENGTH OF SMALL INTESTINE
CARNIVORES: 3-6 times body length.
OMNIVORES: 4 - 6 times body length.
HERBIVORES: 10 -12+ tomes body length.
HUMANS: 10 – 11 times body length.
COLON
CARNIVORES: simple, short, and smooth.
OMNIVORES: simple, short, and smooth.
HERBIVORES: long, complex, and may be sacculated.
HUMANS: long, sacculated, and convoluted.
LIVER
CARNIVORES: can detoxify vitamin A.
OMNIVORES: can detoxify vitamin A.
HERBIVORES: cannot detoxify vitamin A.
HUMANS: cannot detoxify vitamin A.
KIDNEY
CARNIVORES: extremely concentrated urine.
OMNIVORES: extremely concentrated urine.
HERBIVORES: moderately concentrated urine.
HUMANS: moderately concentrated urine.
NAILS
CARNIVORES: sharp claws.
OMNIVORES: sharp claws.
HERBIVORES: flattened nails or blunt hooves.
HUMANS: flattened nails.
Here’s another piece of information to digest: plant foods leave the body in 2 – 3 days; flesh foods leave the body in 7 days. If a clump of rotting flesh sits in your body for a minimum of 7 days, where do all the poisons, chemicals, and excessive hormones that flood the animal’s body at the time of death go?
And we wonder why we suffer from degenerative diseases!
Aloha!
Sources:
www.adaptt.org
www.uiargonaot.com
FACIAL MUSCLES
CARNIVORES: reduced to allow wide mouth gape.
OMNIVORES: reduced.
HERBIVORES: Well developed.
HUMANS: Well developed.
JAW TYPE
CARNIVORES: angle not expanded.
OMNIVORES: angle not expanded.
HERBIVORES: expanded angle.
HUMANS: expanded angle.
JAW JOINT LOCATION
CARNIVORES: on same plane as molar teeth.
OMNIVORES: on same plane as molar teeth.
HERBIVORES: above the plane of molars.
HUMANS: above the plane of molars.
JAW MOTION
CARNIVORES: shearing; minimal side-to-side motion.
OMNIVORES: shearing; minimal side-to-side motion.
HERBIVORES: no shear; good side-to-side, front-to-back.
HUMANS: no shear; good side-to side, front-to-back.
MAJOR JAW MUSCLES
CARNIVORES: temporalis.
OMNIVORES: temporalis.
HERBIVORES: masseter and pterygoids.
HUMANS: masseter and pterygoids.
MOUTH OPENING VS. HEAD SIZE
CARNIVORES: large.
OMNIVORES: large.
HERBIVORES: small.
HUMANS: small.
TEETH: INCISORS
CARNIVORES: short and pointed.
OMNIVORES: short and pointed.
HERBIVORES: broad, flattened and spade-shaped.
HUMANS: broad, flattened and spade-shaped.
TEETH: CANINES
CARNIVORES: long, sharp, and curved.
OMNIVORES: long, sharp, and curved.
HERBIVORES: dull and short, or long for defense, or none.
HUMANS: short and blunted.
TEETH: MOLARS
CARNIVORES: sharp, jagged, and blade shaped.
OMNIVORES: sharp blades and/or flattened
HERBIVORES: flattened with cusps vs. complex surface.
HUMANS: flattened with nodular cusps.
CHEWING
CARNIVORES: none; swallows food whole.
OMNIVORES: swallows food whole and/or simple crushing.
HERBIVORES: extensive chewing necessary.
HUMANS: extensive chewing necessary.
SALIVA
CARNIVORES: no digestive enzymes.
OMNIVORES: no digestive enzymes.
HERBIVORES: carbohydrate digesting enzymes.
HUMANS: carbohydrate digesting enzymes.
STOMACH TYPE
CARNIVORES: simple.
OMNIVORES: simple.
HERBIVORES: simple or multiple chambers.
HUMANS: simple.
STOMACH ACIDITY WITH FOOD IN STOMACH
CARNIVORES: pH 1.
OMNIVORES: pH 1.
HERBIVORES: pH 4-5.
HUMANS: pH 4-5.
LENGTH OF SMALL INTESTINE
CARNIVORES: 3-6 times body length.
OMNIVORES: 4 - 6 times body length.
HERBIVORES: 10 -12+ tomes body length.
HUMANS: 10 – 11 times body length.
COLON
CARNIVORES: simple, short, and smooth.
OMNIVORES: simple, short, and smooth.
HERBIVORES: long, complex, and may be sacculated.
HUMANS: long, sacculated, and convoluted.
LIVER
CARNIVORES: can detoxify vitamin A.
OMNIVORES: can detoxify vitamin A.
HERBIVORES: cannot detoxify vitamin A.
HUMANS: cannot detoxify vitamin A.
KIDNEY
CARNIVORES: extremely concentrated urine.
OMNIVORES: extremely concentrated urine.
HERBIVORES: moderately concentrated urine.
HUMANS: moderately concentrated urine.
NAILS
CARNIVORES: sharp claws.
OMNIVORES: sharp claws.
HERBIVORES: flattened nails or blunt hooves.
HUMANS: flattened nails.
Here’s another piece of information to digest: plant foods leave the body in 2 – 3 days; flesh foods leave the body in 7 days. If a clump of rotting flesh sits in your body for a minimum of 7 days, where do all the poisons, chemicals, and excessive hormones that flood the animal’s body at the time of death go?
And we wonder why we suffer from degenerative diseases!
Aloha!
Sources:
www.adaptt.org
www.uiargonaot.com