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64. Humans evolved to eat meat.

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Sat Oct 31, 2015, 07:18 PM

Oct 2015

If you don't know that you are hopeless.

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Wait, Didn�t Our Ancestors Eat Red Meat? // Food myths (video) [View all] Panich52 Oct 2015 OP

Would it be a bad thing for us to eat less meat, especially red meat? daleanime Oct 2015 #1

going meatless will save a ton of $$ - cost of meat, cost of cleaning animal fat, time spent cooking msongs Oct 2015 #3

And it's good for the planet.... daleanime Oct 2015 #7

It will not help the planet. former9thward Oct 2015 #39

Care G_j Oct 2015 #55

Humans evolved to eat meat. former9thward Oct 2015 #64

informative answer! G_j Nov 2015 #65

and you are qualified to say evolution has stopped in this regard? JanMichael Nov 2015 #70

The idea that meat is "bad" for a human body that was deigned to eat it former9thward Nov 2015 #71

you can eat any style and probably be ok up to 65. JanMichael Nov 2015 #72

I think genetics is at least 90% of it. former9thward Nov 2015 #74

give or take a few points yes. toss in the reduction of pre-35yrold death causers the end is still JanMichael Nov 2015 #75

Agreed on standing work stations. former9thward Nov 2015 #82

There is no way I'd want to live to 90 yeoman6987 Nov 2015 #77

if i could be a healthy 80 or 90 fine. JanMichael Nov 2015 #79

Well I think retirement should be 65 and give retirees 10 years to enjoy themselves yeoman6987 Nov 2015 #80

Agreed and it should be full SS at 62 or even 60. former9thward Nov 2015 #81

I'm sure it would be good for my health...but I *really* like meat. Rond Vidar Oct 2015 #23

Then enjoy it..... daleanime Oct 2015 #29

Why? I fully acknowledge the health risks involved. Rond Vidar Oct 2015 #33

Just about everything causes cancer if overdone. Panich52 Oct 2015 #46

Ancient humans ate anything they could get their hands on. bklyncowgirl Oct 2015 #2

Bad neighbors: The other white meat. hunter Oct 2015 #4

And wild caught meat is different than leftyladyfrommo Oct 2015 #63

Yep. They even ate grubs shrike Nov 2015 #66

Yes, our ancestors ate red meat, but not much of it Spider Jerusalem Oct 2015 #5

Our physiology isn't very consistent with grazing HereSince1628 Nov 2015 #73

You mean the ones who barely lived passed their twenties? edhopper Oct 2015 #6

False. former9thward Oct 2015 #40

I am talking about first humans, edhopper Oct 2015 #44

They were also exposed to sunlight, which also causes cancer muriel_volestrangler Oct 2015 #8

Some of the reporting on this issue is less than clear... Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #9

If you're probably going to die before your 35th birthday, Oneironaut Oct 2015 #10

maybe we should be eating it raw Shankapotomus Oct 2015 #11

"Perhaps it's charring it that is bad?" ... Horrifying!! ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2015 #12

I'm not about to eat raw red meat Shankapotomus Oct 2015 #13

Me niether! The mere thought of not charring my meat is horrifying! A brisket without the... ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2015 #17

i get it now Shankapotomus Oct 2015 #19

Yea, like that... ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2015 #22

As far as we know, homo sapiens never ate red meat raw... Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #41

Rather sure we did Panich52 Oct 2015 #48

The fact is that Homo Erectus most likely were the ones who started widespread use of fire for... Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #51

For ancient man, it was not essy to find/track/kill/butcher/store/prepare meat SoCalDem Oct 2015 #14

We evolved as omnivores FLPanhandle Oct 2015 #15

HA! laundry_queen Oct 2015 #38

We evolved to eat processed meat? FSogol Oct 2015 #16

Duzy Shankapotomus Oct 2015 #18

Yes, not to mention pop tarts, Pringles and high fructose corn syrup. yellowcanine Oct 2015 #21

Wow, what sloppy thinking TheSarcastinator Oct 2015 #20

Meat du jour chervilant Oct 2015 #24

This is the vegan version of young earth creationism. betterdemsonly Oct 2015 #25

not sure they ate meat pumped full of antibiotics and growth hormones. Kip Humphrey Oct 2015 #26

That's what I was thinking while reading the geadline justiceischeap Nov 2015 #67

And old age was 35 years old. applegrove Oct 2015 #27

Sure, but they are all dead now. bluedigger Oct 2015 #28

did they process it? spanone Oct 2015 #30

don't think it had sodium nitrite in it back then. n/t wildbilln864 Oct 2015 #31

and they're all dead Demonaut Oct 2015 #32

Aren't there cave paintings that are thousands of years old depicting animals being chased with cherokeeprogressive Oct 2015 #34

Most humans didn't live long enough for a small bump in the risk of colon cancer... Silent3 Oct 2015 #35

A lot has to do with the way it's cooked. ananda Oct 2015 #36

My anthropology/human prehistory classes would disagree with this article laundry_queen Oct 2015 #37

This reply gets a 'Rec'. :) Panich52 Oct 2015 #49

It's not the meat. It's the crap you ingest with the meat. ladyVet Oct 2015 #42

"So despite what you may hear, it isn�t about the quality of the meat... Silent3 Oct 2015 #43

It ryan_cats Oct 2015 #45

Nobobdy's tut-tutting meat eaters. yewberry Oct 2015 #52

Yes, our early human ancestors frogmarch Oct 2015 #47

Whether or not brontosaurus burgers were considered "red meat", Nye Bevan Oct 2015 #50

So man Mendocino Oct 2015 #53

Nah, Alley Oop woulda popped that T-Rex in the snout. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2015 #54

What did man eat for a hundred thousand years? Z_California Oct 2015 #56

the red meat our ancestors ate KT2000 Oct 2015 #57

So extremely high in mercury? Sorry, had to point that out, heavy metal contamination is worldwide.. Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #60

Dioxin too nt KT2000 Oct 2015 #61

Most of the meat I ate as a kid was fish my dad caught off Los Angeles... hunter Oct 2015 #58

They ate red meat, white meat, and even green meat when they were hungry. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #59

So there is a slightly higher risk of cancer? Driving a car raises your risk of death too. nt Quixote1818 Oct 2015 #62

I generally interpret these meat / salt / sugar / fat reports as follows: DirkGently Nov 2015 #68

Our ancestors didn't live long enough to develop colon cancer from their diet NickB79 Nov 2015 #69

I'd add that a lot of the lifespan estimations are at birth, skewing the numbers MisterP Nov 2015 #76

Our ancestors mostly died of old age in their 40s Warpy Nov 2015 #78