Ancestors and Food

[Guest guest]

I agree with what you say below. It's also the case that the meat wasn't filled

with injected hormones and anti-biotics, and the animals were free to live

before they were killed. Not cooped up in dull pens, or in the case of veal,

made to live in the tinyest space so no exercise will occur, lessening the value

of the meat.

 

And there is evidence (especially from living cultures of the past 200 years),

that meat in most societies wasn't an everyday or twice a day thing. The hunt

was often a highly ritualized affair, and the occasion of meat, if the hunt was

successful, was quite celebratory.

 

It's interesting to think about this. If eating meat was a common thing, there

would be no need to make such a celebratory ritual. Eating a small amount of

meat protein, combined with the meat being clear of toxins, is much different

from the meat habits and access we have today.

 

But I agree. I think our bodies are quite capable of handling meat and have been

forever (human forever). Just can't handle 21st century constant chemical meat.

I also think that more meat was eaten in colder climes, and a lot of dairy too.

I think people's bodies from those gene pools probably handle a lot of meat

better than people from climates where more fish and fruit were eaten.

 

Barg

 

 

 

 

 

<<No fruitarian, or even vegan, hunter-gatherer societies have ever been found.

Further, there is no evidence to indicate

there ever existed, in the past, a fruitarian (or veg*n) hunter-gatherer

society. Even in the tropical rainforest, hunter-gatherers

eat meat. (The Ache of Paraguay in the Amazon rainforest, one of the

best-studied of all hunter-gatherer tribes, are a prime

example with an average of over 50% meat consumption throughout the year,

ranging from 47-77% depending on the season

[Hill, Hawkes, Hurtado, and Kaplan 1984].) There is no evidence of any

fruitarian societies, and--more to the point--the

extensive anecdotal evidence (virtually the only evidence available) on

modern attempts at (strict) fruitarianism indicates that it

may work for a short while but almost always fails in the long run. (Even the

fruitarian extremist "experts" often fail to follow the

diet strictly, in the long term.)

[Guest guest]

They wrote:=

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> <<No fruitarian, or even vegan, hunter-gatherer societies have ever

been found.

> Further, there is no evidence to indicate

> there ever existed, in the past, a fruitarian (or veg*n)

hunter-gatherer

> society. Even in the tropical rainforest, hunter-gatherers

> eat meat. (The Ache of Paraguay in the Amazon rainforest, one of the

> best-studied of all hunter-gatherer tribes, are a prime

> example with an average of over 50% meat consumption throughout the

year,

> ranging from 47-77% depending on the season

> [Hill, Hawkes, Hurtado, and Kaplan 1984].) There is no evidence of

any

> fruitarian societies, and--more to the point--the

> extensive anecdotal evidence (virtually the only evidence available)

on

> modern attempts at (strict) fruitarianism indicates that it

> may work for a short while but almost always fails in the long run.

(Even the

> fruitarian extremist "experts" often fail to follow the

> diet strictly, in the long term.)

 

Namaste All,

 

The point is being 'aware', of another part of oneself's suffering,

namely the animal. That is the point of spiritual veges, not

strictly health. It is about the rise of conscious awareness, in the

awareness sheath.

 

In 10 million years the hunter gathering hominids were not the

'civilised', humans.

 

Om Namah Sivaya...Tony.