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other similar animals like gorillas and chimps and bonobos.

Most of those are herbivorous, with only small instances of omnivorous palette. But none eat as much meat as we do...
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We also 'cook' our food.

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That too. Some theorize that meat is the reason certain predators got bigger and stronger
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Too much anything is bad.

Natural =/= good. Eating in general is bad for you, but you need to eat to live. Severe calorie restriction significantly increases the lifespan of most animals. Things aren't a black and white this is good and this is bad thing.

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elephants and apes are smarter than carnivores like tigers

maybe we should talk about nutrition without bringing in paleo pseudoscience into the discussion

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Meat is good
But some meat sources must be consumed in (more) moderation

The bigger the fish, the more mercury it has, opt for small fry such as sardines

Grain fed beef (virtually all beef sold in stores) is also bad unless eaten in moderation

Pork and poultry seem to be fine regardless of how they are fed

You can eat as many crickets as you want, but like with most animal protein, make sure you got healthy kidneys and drink plenty of water

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How is meat bad WHEN WE ARE MEAT!?

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AdmiralStiff posted...

Pork and poultry seem to be fine regardless of how they are fed

Actually there is quite a bit of evidence that pork, and any mammal meat for that matter, is quite bad for you compared to other meat. See the various studies on red meat and cancer/heart disease.

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Meat isn't what made us smarter. The thing that made us smarter was that the brain grows better with access to a fatty diet. Humans obviously love the taste of fatty things and dislike healthy things. Yeah yeah y'all can go on about how you love kale but you don't love kale as much as you love (insert flavor) cake or milkshake.

Anyway meat has a lot of saturated fat in it. Eating it contributed to our brain growth but y'all don't need another speech about the problem with too much fat.

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