Meat To Live, Don't Give To Meat

"Apocalyptic Growth Of Man" Herr D on heromachine. Farming can be dangerous.-Shelob

-opic? Now? What would you suggest?

Random selection: teeth

[pause] Okay. There's a lot of material online about what people should eat. At least one biologist has declared that we shouldn't be vegetarian because we have canines.

Seventeen.

[probable both-eye roll] Right. But a lot of our teeth are multipurpose teeth. They aren't so much designated to one kind of food.

Hence humans are declared omnivores by some and carnivores who also eat plant material by others and herbivores who also eat meat by still others.

Why the distinction?

Behavior vs. functionality.

You know more about this than me, obviously. Expand on that.

Various studies indicate that a diet of too much plant matter would wear out the teeth. Too much meat would wear out various parts of the digestive system. Food allergies further complicate the problem.

The moral there might be balance in all things.

That is one principle of note. Something else? Various foods do not seem appropriate.

? What do you mean?

Various foods seem to not be meant for human consumption, despite being common to the human diet. Is it possible that there was an ecosystem no longer present?

. . . what do you mean?

Possible example: Humans at one point existed with four kinds of meat animal and seven kinds of edible plants, but caused them all to go extinct. Is this likely?

. . . I'm afraid that sounds EXTREMELY likely. And downright depressing. I'm gonna go to sleep. [exits]