Our ancient primate forefathers probably follow the diet of the other primate which is made up of >90 % fruits and vegetables, with the remaining being insects. and other small grubs (yuck!)

Then somewhere along the evolutionary journey, some guy decide to kill some poor creature and start eating it and it seems the introduction of animal meat into the diet increase the intake of calories, which might be the necessary requirement for our increasing brain usage. Though the difficulty in hunting comparing to gathering still means that our diet remain mainly nuts and fruits.

Then with our agriculture revolution about 10,000 years ago, our diet has once again changed with a fruit/vegetable dominant diet to a grain dominant diet. There is a differences in the diet because grain fiber is insoluble while fruit fiber is. What is the implication, I am not sure… I have to find out more.

Now, with industralization, our diet has changed again to become meat dominant because our somehow obsession with juicy meat and gourmet lifestyle. This have actually lead to a lot of chronic diseases surfacing. Cancer is one of the most common disease now and 1 out of 5 ( rough number and might differ with country) is going to develop cancer. From my reading, i attribute this to our decadent diet. Animal and plant protein is very much different in that animal protein is much harder to digest and adsorb. Our imbalanced amount of animal intake has cause severe stress on our digestive system and I am not surprised by colon cancer is the number one cancer in our country. There are also many other factor like our increase intake of sodium in comparison to our potassium intake. Our cell chemistry is actually more potassium based then sodium based and our dependency on salt to flavour our food and upset this balance.

Actually I am not a proponent of any diet. I believe people can eat meat as long it is in moderation. The ratio i believe in is 80/20 with 80 being fruits vegetable and grain. Whatever diet you want to eat, just be watchful of your nutrient intake. Even if you are a vegetarian, your nutrient intake might also be unbalanced. Start be responsible of your own health and not wait until it is too late, when your friendly neighbourhood doctor tell you u have a chronic disease.

Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food
- Hippocrates.

That was a cool writeup. I enjoyed the matter as much as the writer’s skill keep up the good work . Love

@ Pradeep :
“Anthropoligists have tried to calculate the nutritional value of human flesh. One estimate suggests that a corpse provides slightly more than 100 grams of protein per kp of body weight, assuming 40% of body weight is wasted in the butcherign process.By this estimate, a fifty-kg (110 pound) adult corpse might yeild 5000 grams of protein. The liver and heart are rich in iron, bone meal is a good source of calcium.The wild honey with which the bone meal was mixed tends to be rich in vitamins,which would enhance calcium absorption.” – Consuming greipf: Compassionate cannibalism in an Amazonian society

I’d like to see how many people would dare to start eating human flesh as their main course with full acceptance just because we are rich in protein , iron and calcium! And also human flesh taken with corn apparently is good cause they complement their amino acids. And about Vitamin D, Sun is the richest source of Vitamin D. Go out for a walk and you have it all. As for B12, yes there have not been and rich source of B12 which is veg. At the same time..scientists say that vitamins/minerals can be stored in a human body for a Minimum of atleast 20 years. So if you really want B12, go ahead and eat your vitamin tablets. I guess you can enjoy that much of scientific technology

Everything is out there in the world. Same energy in different forms. we have to choose what is right for us based on how our body is built not based on acquired taste .

First of all, why do Vegetarians ( oh yes, with the capital V) have this compulsory need to rabidly preach the good that comes from being a veggie ?

We ever tried enticing you with the aromas and flavours of various kebabs?

Let us be no?

“Many vegetarians argue that their lifestyle makes them healthier than those who eat meat. Although we certainly won’t discredit the many benefits of a vegetarian diet, there’s reason to believe that a well-balanced omnivorous diet is a far healthier choice. Studies have repeatedly shown that vegetarians who fail to supplement their diets with Vitamin D, B12 and iron are prone to becoming dangerously anemic. Vegetarians also typically miss out on omega-3 fatty acids. These unsaturated acids have been proved to slow the progression of atherosclerosis, reduce triglyceride levels, act as anti-inflammatory agents, and potentially help with depression and some personality disorders.

Researchers at Oxford University recently followed 35,000 individuals aged 20 to 89 for a period of five years and discovered that vegans are 30% more likely to break a bone than their vegetarian and flesh-eating peers. A subsequent study conducted by Sydney’s Garvan Institute for Medical Research found that vegetarians had bones 5% less dense than meat-eaters. This can be attributed to the fact that many vegetarians and vegans consume very little calcium due to the limitations of their diet.”

I can do what you can tooo

As long as we are considerate enough to switch to a vegetarian dinner when our dates’ are vegetarian and make sure you’re out of earshot when we are munching our way through tender and crisp &tm; chicken , I think we should be left alone!

Help me with this.. i have a friend who is a vegetarian.. And she loves chicken biryani.. She removes the chicken from it and eats the biryani bcuz she is a veggie (eeeeyyyyyuuuu).. what category does she come under??.. i am gonna call her a fraugetarian.. Seriously.. who does that??..

Even if someone gives me a million dollars to taste non-veg.. am so not gonna taste it.. Jai Hind (uh.. i know it doesn’t make sense here :-/)..

Plus I hate when people say “I love animals.. they are sooo tasty” .. grrr.. doob maro saare ..

*btw.. I love the way you write man*

Swine flu is virus sure, air borne. But started from Pigs ! not everyone cooks delicious pork stuff im sure? to get rid of all their diseases…

Fun fact 2: Swine flu is an airborne disease. You do not get swine flu from eating pork/pork-based food.

Fun Fact 3: Samah Al Sayyed, 25, Nile Delta hospital. Muslim. Died because of swine flu.

We cannot be insectivores, (unless you were born south-east Asian). Super Lol!!!
Good post. Really. You write well, Santho. Love u tons!!!!!!