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The World Health Organization, Cornell Institute of Nutrition, Nutrition and Dietetics Association all support veganism or Whole foods plant based diets as the healthiest diet. If you look at any study that suggest higher protein consumption it is typically put out or funded by the meat and dairy industry. I just was finding more research that suggests 5% protein is a requirement.
WHO:
"The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that men and women obtain 5% of their calories as protein. This would mean 38 grams of protein for a man burning 3000 calories a day and 29 grams for a woman using 2300 calories a day."
Google any question you have from the WHO or any above named source, which I would believe is highly credible.
Not only that the one and only food that we can 100% say is intended for humans is human breast milk. It is the perfect food designed to support a human life. Human breast milk has the lowest protein content of any mammalian animal. Even rats have a higher protein percentage in their breast milk. We don't need a lot of protein.
Not only that we are not omnivores. We need to cook our food to begin the digestion process (i.e. meat). If we were true omnivores we could eat meat raw. Which we can't.
If you have heart issues, what is the first dietary change that a doctor would offer? Less red meat, smaller portions of meat. We are so "proteined" out in America.
And side note to those who believe we are omnivores:
Research the following reasons:
1 -Teeth, jaw, and nails
Carnivores all have sharp claws and large canine teeth that are capable of tearing flesh, Carnivores’ jaws move only up and down, requiring them to tear chunks of flesh from their prey and swallow them whole. Humans and other herbivores can move their jaws up and down and from side to side, allowing them to grind up fruit and vegetables with their back teeth. Like other herbivores’ teeth, humans’ back molars are flat for grinding fibrous plant foods. Carnivores lack these flat molars.
2 - Stomach acidity
Carnivores swallow their food whole, relying on their extremely acidic stomach juices to break down flesh and kill the dangerous bacteria in meat that would otherwise sicken or kill them. Our stomach acids are much weaker in comparison because strong acids aren’t needed to digest pre-chewed fruits and vegetables.
3 - Intestinal length
Herbivore and human intestines are 10-12 times their body lengths and omnivores intestines are only 4-6 times their body length.
4 - Bad cholesterol that affects us only comes from animal sources
5 - Gut bacteria in vegans versus non-vegans studies
I've attached an image I hope it works
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Side note: To whoever mentioned that everyone now attributes cancer and meat consumption from a stupid documentary. Touche. But isn't it funny how the American Cancer Society has more recently named Processed meat as a carcinogen, in the same category as smoking!? Crazy huh!!
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The World Health Organization, Cornell Institute of Nutrition, Nutrition and Dietetics Association all support veganism or Whole foods plant based diets as the healthiest diet. If you look at any study that suggest higher protein consumption it is typically put out or funded by the meat and dairy industry. I just was finding more research that suggests 5% protein is a requirement.
WHO:
"The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that men and women obtain 5% of their calories as protein. This would mean 38 grams of protein for a man burning 3000 calories a day and 29 grams for a woman using 2300 calories a day."
Google any question you have from the WHO or any above named source, which I would believe is highly credible.
Not only that the one and only food that we can 100% say is intended for humans is human breast milk. It is the perfect food designed to support a human life. Human breast milk has the lowest protein content of any mammalian animal. Even rats have a higher protein percentage in their breast milk. We don't need a lot of protein.
Not only that we are not omnivores. We need to cook our food to begin the digestion process (i.e. meat). If we were true omnivores we could eat meat raw. Which we can't.
If you have heart issues, what is the first dietary change that a doctor would offer? Less red meat, smaller portions of meat. We are so "proteined" out in America.
And side note to those who believe we are omnivores:
Research the following reasons:
1 -Teeth, jaw, and nails
Carnivores all have sharp claws and large canine teeth that are capable of tearing flesh, Carnivores’ jaws move only up and down, requiring them to tear chunks of flesh from their prey and swallow them whole. Humans and other herbivores can move their jaws up and down and from side to side, allowing them to grind up fruit and vegetables with their back teeth. Like other herbivores’ teeth, humans’ back molars are flat for grinding fibrous plant foods. Carnivores lack these flat molars.
2 - Stomach acidity
Carnivores swallow their food whole, relying on their extremely acidic stomach juices to break down flesh and kill the dangerous bacteria in meat that would otherwise sicken or kill them. Our stomach acids are much weaker in comparison because strong acids aren’t needed to digest pre-chewed fruits and vegetables.
3 - Intestinal length
Herbivore and human intestines are 10-12 times their body lengths and omnivores intestines are only 4-6 times their body length.
4 - Bad cholesterol that affects us only comes from animal sources
5 - Gut bacteria in vegans versus non-vegans studies
I've attached an image I hope it works
Support for veganism or eating more plants isn't the same thing as promoting a low protein diet. You're conflating the two things. That an organization promotes veganism or acknowledges that a healthful vegan diet is possible isn't the same thing as the recommendation for a low protein diet.
The WHO recommendation is what is recommended to avoid health problems and outright deficiency. To use it a guide for what active people who have access to more food choices should eat is misleading.
Breast milk is for humans at a very specific stage of life. There is no evidence that it is an appropriate long-term food for anyone post-infancy, so to use it as a guide for a "perfect human food" is to make an assumption that isn't supported by any evidence (unless there are studies showing what happens when adults try to live long-term on breast milk or a food that is based on the composition of breast milk).
I'm not sure where you learned that humans cannot eat raw meat, but that isn't accurate information. It's true that many humans *prefer* cooked meat, but there are cultures that eat meats or certain meats in an uncooked state. Even in the West where the consumption of raw meat is relatively rare, you will find people who enjoy beef tartare or sashimi, foods that are mostly uncooked meat. In some cultures, the drinking of animal blood (uncooked) is also common.
Let's discuss this without conflating veganism and a low protein vegan diet. They aren't the same thing -- it's possible for people to be vegan and get more than 10% of their calories from protein and when you look at recommendations from science-based vegan professionals, this is overwhelmingly what they recommend, especially for people who want to build or retain muscle.5 -
We can and do eat raw meat. See steak tartare and sushi. Steak tartare even includes a raw egg! Imagine! My poor intestines!
And my protein recommendations have never ever ever come from state advice (and I say state because i'm in the UK, welcome to a worldwide site, not all of us live in the US). The only thing I see heavily pushed here is fruit and veg minimums funnily enough. And those changed this year from 5 servings a day to 10. So weird when we're all in big meat and dairy's pocket.
You STILL haven't provided and sources or links to what you think proves your points. Infographics don't count, particularly ones produced by someone with a clear bias.3 -
I never suggested any percentage ... This all began because I stated my personal consumption. Then it somehow was misconstrued into my recommendation, and everyone saying that I suggested that for all. The only recommendation I DID suggest for all if you look above....is...Whatever works well for you and your daily life, and is the most reasonable (health, cost effective wise) I.E. Whatever works for you. I am not a preacher at all.
I don't care to take the time at the moment to get all my articles, hence why I said just google from these sources. But here is a link to a protein article that goes over high and low protein affects.
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/nutrientrequirements/WHO_TRS_935/en/
Sure people can eat raw meat, sure people can smoke. Do you get lung cancer after you first light up?5 -
I never suggested any percentage ... This all began because I stated my personal consumption. Then it somehow was misconstrued into my recommendation, and everyone saying that I suggested that for all. The only recommendation I DID suggest for all if you look above....is...Whatever works well for you and your daily life, and is the most reasonable (health, cost effective wise) I.E. Whatever works for you. I am not a preacher at all.
I don't care to take the time at the moment to get all my articles, hence why I said just google from these sources. But here is a link to a protein article that goes over high and low protein affects.
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/nutrientrequirements/WHO_TRS_935/en/
Sure people can eat raw meat, sure people can smoke. Do you get lung cancer after you first light up?
This is what you said earlier after sharing your macros: "I don't want to get too much into the whole Vegan topic, because people tend to get very defensive, but you don't need that much protein in your diet."
If you didn't mean to be talking about other people, "you" may not have been the best word choice there.
Later you write "I just was finding more research that suggests 5% protein is a requirement."
So it appears you're adjusting it even lower, but if you aren't meaning to give specific targets, I understand that. It makes your posts rather confusing though.
If you're comparing the consumption of raw meat to smoking, then I'm going to ask what that is based on. Are there studies that show an increase in cancer in populations that commonly eat raw meat that has been linked or associated with that particular habit? I'm not aware of any, so I'm curious as to what you base this statement on.
Either way, it has nothing to do with your earlier claim that we *cannot* eat raw meat that we need to cook it in order to digest it. That simply isn't true, so now you're just making a new claim -- that eating raw meat will cause cancer. Please don't just move the goalposts, let's focus on your initial claim.
Will you at least acknowledge that you're picking up bad information from at least some of your sources and reflect on how this impacts your overall argument? Humans *can* digest raw meat and in some cultures, it's a significant source of nutrition.1 -
It's not my job to prove your claims, that's your job. You made them, you back them up. Being unwilling to just makes us question your sources or the truth of what you think.1
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I never suggested any percentage ... This all began because I stated my personal consumption. Then it somehow was misconstrued into my recommendation, and everyone saying that I suggested that for all. The only recommendation I DID suggest for all if you look above....is...Whatever works well for you and your daily life, and is the most reasonable (health, cost effective wise) I.E. Whatever works for you. I am not a preacher at all.
I don't care to take the time at the moment to get all my articles, hence why I said just google from these sources. But here is a link to a protein article that goes over high and low protein affects.
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/nutrientrequirements/WHO_TRS_935/en/
Sure people can eat raw meat, sure people can smoke. Do you get lung cancer after you first light up?
That's a 200 page report. May I ask what specific portions you think support the claims you've made in this thread so we can discuss those?
I'm not trying to be nitpicky, I'm just passionate about accuracy when people are representing veganism.
When you think of all the people who will see your posts online, some of them may not be familiar with arguments for veganism, they may not know many vegans. When they see vegans repeating inaccurate information or even being misleading (not saying you are being deliberately misleading, but I've seen it happen in other threads), assumptions take root. Things like "vegans don't understand nutrition" or even "vegans lie." It makes it that much harder for the next vegan to be taken seriously or for valid points about veganism to be understood.
This is terrible for animals and that is why it concerns me so much.3 -
We can digest raw meat just fine it's the parasites we don't want so as humans with fire cook meat.1
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janejellyroll wrote: »I never suggested any percentage ... This all began because I stated my personal consumption. Then it somehow was misconstrued into my recommendation, and everyone saying that I suggested that for all. The only recommendation I DID suggest for all if you look above....is...Whatever works well for you and your daily life, and is the most reasonable (health, cost effective wise) I.E. Whatever works for you. I am not a preacher at all.
I don't care to take the time at the moment to get all my articles, hence why I said just google from these sources. But here is a link to a protein article that goes over high and low protein affects.
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/nutrientrequirements/WHO_TRS_935/en/
Sure people can eat raw meat, sure people can smoke. Do you get lung cancer after you first light up?
This is what you said earlier after sharing your macros: "I don't want to get too much into the whole Vegan topic, because people tend to get very defensive, but you don't need that much protein in your diet."
If you didn't mean to be talking about other people, "you" may not have been the best word choice there.
Later you write "I just was finding more research that suggests 5% protein is a requirement."
So it appears you're adjusting it even lower, but if you aren't meaning to give specific targets, I understand that. It makes your posts rather confusing though.
If you're comparing the consumption of raw meat to smoking, then I'm going to ask what that is based on. Are there studies that show an increase in cancer in populations that commonly eat raw meat that has been linked or associated with that particular habit? I'm not aware of any, so I'm curious as to what you base this statement on.
Either way, it has nothing to do with your earlier claim that we *cannot* eat raw meat that we need to cook it in order to digest it. That simply isn't true, so now you're just making a new claim -- that eating raw meat will cause cancer. Please don't just move the goalposts, let's focus on your initial claim.
Will you at least acknowledge that you're picking up bad information from at least some of your sources and reflect on how this impacts your overall argument? Humans *can* digest raw meat and in some cultures, it's a significant source of nutrition.
My post was very vague. Me saying you don't need that much protein isn't restricting or suggesting anything at all. After you asked for facts I posted WHO who recommended 5% protein consumption would be the basic need. How didn't I back that up?
I also didn't suggest an actual research study for raw meat and smoking. It was a comparison. Like the sky is as blue as the ocean. Pretty simple. It was not a declaration. Did I say that raw meat causes cancer? Nope. But I made a comparison to something that was cool in society for a while, but now is a huge "no-no." But raw meat and gut bacteria don't go well together. I didn't realize I needed a resource and reference guide very sentence I posted. Noted I will post with sources from now on.
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We can digest raw meat just fine it's the parasites we don't want so as humans with fire cook meat.
Sure the parasites are the issue. Maybe if we had shorter digestive tracks or a higher acidity level in our stomachs it wouldn't be a problem. Hm...pretty sure that would pertain to carnivore....which we aren't1 -
janejellyroll wrote: »I never suggested any percentage ... This all began because I stated my personal consumption. Then it somehow was misconstrued into my recommendation, and everyone saying that I suggested that for all. The only recommendation I DID suggest for all if you look above....is...Whatever works well for you and your daily life, and is the most reasonable (health, cost effective wise) I.E. Whatever works for you. I am not a preacher at all.
I don't care to take the time at the moment to get all my articles, hence why I said just google from these sources. But here is a link to a protein article that goes over high and low protein affects.
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/nutrientrequirements/WHO_TRS_935/en/
Sure people can eat raw meat, sure people can smoke. Do you get lung cancer after you first light up?
That's a 200 page report. May I ask what specific portions you think support the claims you've made in this thread so we can discuss those?
I'm not trying to be nitpicky, I'm just passionate about accuracy when people are representing veganism.
When you think of all the people who will see your posts online, some of them may not be familiar with arguments for veganism, they may not know many vegans. When they see vegans repeating inaccurate information or even being misleading (not saying you are being deliberately misleading, but I've seen it happen in other threads), assumptions take root. Things like "vegans don't understand nutrition" or even "vegans lie." It makes it that much harder for the next vegan to be taken seriously or for valid points about veganism to be understood.
This is terrible for animals and that is why it concerns me so much.
Well it is difficult to answer multiple people at once on a forum for sure. Hence why I feel as though I am going back and forth on different things. I will pull out a certain portion of said document for you!
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We can digest raw meat just fine it's the parasites we don't want so as humans with fire cook meat.
Sure the parasites are the issue. Maybe if we had shorter digestive tracks or a higher acidity level in our stomachs it wouldn't be a problem. Hm...pretty sure that would pertain to carnivore....which we aren't
Nobody is saying we're carnivores.2 -
VintageFeline wrote: »It's not my job to prove your claims, that's your job. You made them, you back them up. Being unwilling to just makes us question your sources or the truth of what you think.
Clearly I made a post about a cookie recipe. I didn't want to spend my time researching and proving things to anyone, because I simply don't care. I was hoping to get a private message of someone who actually was interested or concerned because I didn't feel like having to answer multiple things at once like this on a forum. It's confusing I'm sure for everyone.... I made a comment:
1 - I EAT 10% PROTEIN DAILY _ ON AVERAGE (Personal)
2 - WHO SUGGESTS 5% PROTEIN INTAKE IS AN ACTUAL NEED (From the WHO)
3 - YOU DON'T NEED THAT MUCH PROTEIN - pretty vague statement. Not exactly a claim at all. So I don't know why everyone freaked out over that. Pretty interesting.
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The World Health Organization, Cornell Institute of Nutrition, Nutrition and Dietetics Association all support veganism or Whole foods plant based diets as the healthiest diet. If you look at any study that suggest higher protein consumption it is typically put out or funded by the meat and dairy industry. I just was finding more research that suggests 5% protein is a requirement.
WHO:
"The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that men and women obtain 5% of their calories as protein. This would mean 38 grams of protein for a man burning 3000 calories a day and 29 grams for a woman using 2300 calories a day."
Google any question you have from the WHO or any above named source, which I would believe is highly credible.
Not only that the one and only food that we can 100% say is intended for humans is human breast milk. It is the perfect food designed to support a human life. Human breast milk has the lowest protein content of any mammalian animal. Even rats have a higher protein percentage in their breast milk. We don't need a lot of protein.
Not only that we are not omnivores. We need to cook our food to begin the digestion process (i.e. meat). If we were true omnivores we could eat meat raw. Which we can't.
If you have heart issues, what is the first dietary change that a doctor would offer? Less red meat, smaller portions of meat. We are so "proteined" out in America.
And side note to those who believe we are omnivores:
Research the following reasons:
1 -Teeth, jaw, and nails
Carnivores all have sharp claws and large canine teeth that are capable of tearing flesh, Carnivores’ jaws move only up and down, requiring them to tear chunks of flesh from their prey and swallow them whole. Humans and other herbivores can move their jaws up and down and from side to side, allowing them to grind up fruit and vegetables with their back teeth. Like other herbivores’ teeth, humans’ back molars are flat for grinding fibrous plant foods. Carnivores lack these flat molars.
2 - Stomach acidity
Carnivores swallow their food whole, relying on their extremely acidic stomach juices to break down flesh and kill the dangerous bacteria in meat that would otherwise sicken or kill them. Our stomach acids are much weaker in comparison because strong acids aren’t needed to digest pre-chewed fruits and vegetables.
3 - Intestinal length
Herbivore and human intestines are 10-12 times their body lengths and omnivores intestines are only 4-6 times their body length.
4 - Bad cholesterol that affects us only comes from animal sources
5 - Gut bacteria in vegans versus non-vegans studies
I've attached an image I hope it works
Wow, you have really drunk the kool-aid.
I could argue this from an evolutionary and archaeological standpoint (and btw, I actually am an archaeologist, so I know a thing or two about that, and the evolution of the human diet), but it would be a waste of my time, and I frankly have better things to do.
If being vegan is your choice, that's fine, but don't base it on pseudoscience when there is no need to. We're omnivores, plain and simple. I am a staunch vegetarian, but I am under no illusions that meat eating played an important role in our evolution. I just happen to be lucky enough to live in an era where I don't need to eat meat in order to meet my nutritional requirements. Or are you going to try to tell me our Palaeolithic ancestors weren't eating meat?8 -
VintageFeline wrote: »It's not my job to prove your claims, that's your job. You made them, you back them up. Being unwilling to just makes us question your sources or the truth of what you think.
Clearly I made a post about a cookie recipe. I didn't want to spend my time researching and proving things to anyone, because I simply don't care. I was hoping to get a private message of someone who actually was interested or concerned because I didn't feel like having to answer multiple things at once like this on a forum. It's confusing I'm sure for everyone.... I made a comment:
1 - I EAT 10% PROTEIN DAILY _ ON AVERAGE (Personal)
2 - WHO SUGGESTS 5% PROTEIN INTAKE IS AN ACTUAL NEED (From the WHO)
3 - YOU DON'T NEED THAT MUCH PROTEIN - pretty vague statement. Not exactly a claim at all. So I don't know why everyone freaked out over that. Pretty interesting.
I 100% do not care if you eat meat or dairy, there are plenty of other sources. I have much admiration for ethical vegans and was vegetarian for 10 years. I struggle morally with my consumption of animal products. My issue is not with veganism, it is with statements thrown out as fact instead of vague opinion with no sources to back it up. Literally all I asked was "10% seems low?" and you came at me with ermagherd meat and dairy is evil and they're pushing protein on us because they're evil. Which was quite a leap you have to admit.6 -
janejellyroll wrote: »I never suggested any percentage ... This all began because I stated my personal consumption. Then it somehow was misconstrued into my recommendation, and everyone saying that I suggested that for all. The only recommendation I DID suggest for all if you look above....is...Whatever works well for you and your daily life, and is the most reasonable (health, cost effective wise) I.E. Whatever works for you. I am not a preacher at all.
I don't care to take the time at the moment to get all my articles, hence why I said just google from these sources. But here is a link to a protein article that goes over high and low protein affects.
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/nutrientrequirements/WHO_TRS_935/en/
Sure people can eat raw meat, sure people can smoke. Do you get lung cancer after you first light up?
This is what you said earlier after sharing your macros: "I don't want to get too much into the whole Vegan topic, because people tend to get very defensive, but you don't need that much protein in your diet."
If you didn't mean to be talking about other people, "you" may not have been the best word choice there.
Later you write "I just was finding more research that suggests 5% protein is a requirement."
So it appears you're adjusting it even lower, but if you aren't meaning to give specific targets, I understand that. It makes your posts rather confusing though.
If you're comparing the consumption of raw meat to smoking, then I'm going to ask what that is based on. Are there studies that show an increase in cancer in populations that commonly eat raw meat that has been linked or associated with that particular habit? I'm not aware of any, so I'm curious as to what you base this statement on.
Either way, it has nothing to do with your earlier claim that we *cannot* eat raw meat that we need to cook it in order to digest it. That simply isn't true, so now you're just making a new claim -- that eating raw meat will cause cancer. Please don't just move the goalposts, let's focus on your initial claim.
Will you at least acknowledge that you're picking up bad information from at least some of your sources and reflect on how this impacts your overall argument? Humans *can* digest raw meat and in some cultures, it's a significant source of nutrition.
My post was very vague. Me saying you don't need that much protein isn't restricting or suggesting anything at all. After you asked for facts I posted WHO who recommended 5% protein consumption would be the basic need. How didn't I back that up?
I also didn't suggest an actual research study for raw meat and smoking. It was a comparison. Like the sky is as blue as the ocean. Pretty simple. It was not a declaration. Did I say that raw meat causes cancer? Nope. But I made a comparison to something that was cool in society for a while, but now is a huge "no-no." But raw meat and gut bacteria don't go well together. I didn't realize I needed a resource and reference guide very sentence I posted. Noted I will post with sources from now on.
Yeah, when you're calling something harmful (which is very different than saying something is a certain color), it's helpful to have a source that backs that up in some way. It's still a chance of topic from your initial claim that humans can't digest raw meat, but it looks better when you have a reasoning or information behind more controversial or unproven claims.
I appreciate you clarifying that you were not attempting to offer suggestions or recommendations for protein intake.0 -
We can digest raw meat just fine it's the parasites we don't want so as humans with fire cook meat.
Sure the parasites are the issue. Maybe if we had shorter digestive tracks or a higher acidity level in our stomachs it wouldn't be a problem. Hm...pretty sure that would pertain to carnivore....which we aren't
If the parasites are the issue, then why was the claim that we need to cook meat in order to digest it?
These are two separate things.0 -
VintageFeline wrote: »It's not my job to prove your claims, that's your job. You made them, you back them up. Being unwilling to just makes us question your sources or the truth of what you think.
Clearly I made a post about a cookie recipe. I didn't want to spend my time researching and proving things to anyone, because I simply don't care. I was hoping to get a private message of someone who actually was interested or concerned because I didn't feel like having to answer multiple things at once like this on a forum. It's confusing I'm sure for everyone.... I made a comment:
1 - I EAT 10% PROTEIN DAILY _ ON AVERAGE (Personal)
2 - WHO SUGGESTS 5% PROTEIN INTAKE IS AN ACTUAL NEED (From the WHO)
3 - YOU DON'T NEED THAT MUCH PROTEIN - pretty vague statement. Not exactly a claim at all. So I don't know why everyone freaked out over that. Pretty interesting.
Just so you know, many of the people who have challenged your claims here don't eat meat and at least one doesn't eat dairy either.
This isn't a non-vegan versus vegan thing. This is an accuracy versus inaccuracy thing.13 -
The World Health Organization, Cornell Institute of Nutrition, Nutrition and Dietetics Association all support veganism or Whole foods plant based diets as the healthiest diet. If you look at any study that suggest higher protein consumption it is typically put out or funded by the meat and dairy industry. I just was finding more research that suggests 5% protein is a requirement.
WHO:
"The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that men and women obtain 5% of their calories as protein. This would mean 38 grams of protein for a man burning 3000 calories a day and 29 grams for a woman using 2300 calories a day."
Google any question you have from the WHO or any above named source, which I would believe is highly credible.
Not only that the one and only food that we can 100% say is intended for humans is human breast milk. It is the perfect food designed to support a human life. Human breast milk has the lowest protein content of any mammalian animal. Even rats have a higher protein percentage in their breast milk. We don't need a lot of protein.
Not only that we are not omnivores. We need to cook our food to begin the digestion process (i.e. meat). If we were true omnivores we could eat meat raw. Which we can't.
If you have heart issues, what is the first dietary change that a doctor would offer? Less red meat, smaller portions of meat. We are so "proteined" out in America.
And side note to those who believe we are omnivores:
Research the following reasons:
1 -Teeth, jaw, and nails
Carnivores all have sharp claws and large canine teeth that are capable of tearing flesh, Carnivores’ jaws move only up and down, requiring them to tear chunks of flesh from their prey and swallow them whole. Humans and other herbivores can move their jaws up and down and from side to side, allowing them to grind up fruit and vegetables with their back teeth. Like other herbivores’ teeth, humans’ back molars are flat for grinding fibrous plant foods. Carnivores lack these flat molars.
2 - Stomach acidity
Carnivores swallow their food whole, relying on their extremely acidic stomach juices to break down flesh and kill the dangerous bacteria in meat that would otherwise sicken or kill them. Our stomach acids are much weaker in comparison because strong acids aren’t needed to digest pre-chewed fruits and vegetables.
3 - Intestinal length
Herbivore and human intestines are 10-12 times their body lengths and omnivores intestines are only 4-6 times their body length.
4 - Bad cholesterol that affects us only comes from animal sources
5 - Gut bacteria in vegans versus non-vegans studies
I've attached an image I hope it works
Just gonna point out that the WHO said none of those things, google reveals your quote is from this website.
http://goodfoodproject.net/home/resources/what-the-experts-say/protein-what-the-experts-say/
With the quote attributed to John A. McDougall.
The ACTUAL recommended amount of protein per day is not a flat % of total calories but dependent on the weight of the person. It's 0.83 grams per kg of weight and meant as a MINIMUM to not become deficient as others pointed out, and can be read at length with explanations here if you suffer from insomnia and need to get up early tomorrow.
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/43411/1/WHO_TRS_935_eng.pdf10
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