Life and death (WAS: How much fruit is too much???)

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rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of Mike

Elliot

Tuesday, August 08, 2006 7:04 AM

rawfood

Re: [Raw Food] How much fruit is too much???

 

While we are not primarily flesh eaters, if you look at our nearest cousins, you

will see that

most primates get 5 to 10% of their calories

from animal products (mainly in the form of insects and scavenged flesh).

 

However, knowing that I do not needs these things in my diet, I have made the

conscious choice

of not consuming them. As with most thing in

life, there is always a choice...

 

-Mike

 

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Hi Mike and all,

 

Mike you make good points here. For accuracy, it is constructive to distinguish

between ALL

primates and ANTHROPOID primates. We humans fall into the latter subgroup. And

these generally

eat only a tiny portion of the caloric intake as animal foods. Also, we have no

way of knowing

whether this practice/habit is ancient or recent, in response to habitat

destruction. Older

accounts, e.g., from hunters, naturalists, etc., do not mention such habits. So

we can best

treat such information a bit " softly " .

 

And I agree 100% WRT choice. We have the capacity, as sentient beings, to

choose a " higher "

path for ourselves, that no creature need die in order that we may live.

 

Best to all,

Elchanan