Introduction
Many animal rights activists make meat out to be a terribly dangerous and unhealthy food that our bodies are not even meant to digest at all. The truth is that the human body is very well built for digesting meat, and that meat is one of the most healthy (and delicious!) foods you can eat. Isn't it great being on top of the food chain?
Nutrients
Protein - Essential for muscle development, and found plentifully, in its complete form in foods such as beef.
Vitamin A - Although humans can synthesize vitamin A from beta-carotene, the process is ridiculously slow and inefficient. It is much easier to get it directly from animal sources. Herbivores are much better at synthesizing it, hence their ability to use beta-carotene as their only source of vitamin A.
Vitamin B12 - Essential, and naturally found only in animal products. Herbivores synthesize it themselves, but we don't, so we need an animal source.
Iron - Meat contains large amounts of heme-iron (the kind which is easily absorbed). Plant iron is almost entirely non-heme, and is more likely to damage the digestive system.
Vitamin C - It has been recently discovered that liver contains enough vitamin C to sustain you! The vitamin C requirement is very low in humans as opposed to other primates, making it possible to survive on animal products alone.
Cholesterol - Forget what the quacks at the American Heart Association have been telling you! Cholesterol does not clog arteries. In fact, cholesterol is very important to human survival. You can not live without it.
Vitamin A - Although humans can synthesize vitamin A from beta-carotene, the process is ridiculously slow and inefficient. It is much easier to get it directly from animal sources. Herbivores are much better at synthesizing it, hence their ability to use beta-carotene as their only source of vitamin A.
Vitamin B12 - Essential, and naturally found only in animal products. Herbivores synthesize it themselves, but we don't, so we need an animal source.
Iron - Meat contains large amounts of heme-iron (the kind which is easily absorbed). Plant iron is almost entirely non-heme, and is more likely to damage the digestive system.
Vitamin C - It has been recently discovered that liver contains enough vitamin C to sustain you! The vitamin C requirement is very low in humans as opposed to other primates, making it possible to survive on animal products alone.
Cholesterol - Forget what the quacks at the American Heart Association have been telling you! Cholesterol does not clog arteries. In fact, cholesterol is very important to human survival. You can not live without it.
Meat-eaters are healthier, longer lived.
All over the world, it has been shown that people who eat more meat are healthier than those who don't. For example:
Kenya: Two tribes, the Maasai and the Kikuyu, lived in the same environment, under the same conditions. The Maasai, who consumed primarily meat, milk, and cow blood, were considerably taller, stronger, and healthier than the Kikuyu, who were almost vegetarian.
Canada, Alaska, Greenland: The Inuits, before being "civilized," ate meat almost exclusively. And it was raw. They were among the healthiest people in the world. Ever since they started eating "civilized" canned food, their health has deteriorated.
Japan: When the Japanese economy grew after World War 2, the Japanese people were able to afford more meat. Their health has improved since then.
China: Vegetarian groups cite the "China Study" ad nauseum as an example of largely vegetarian rural dwellers being healthier than the city-dwellers, who eat more meat. This leaves out critical information, however. City dwellers tend to drink more sodas, they are more likely to be victims of food scandals (which China is quite well known for), and they tend to lead more high stress lives. So the China Study would be more of an argument against a high stress urban lifestyle.
Kenya: Two tribes, the Maasai and the Kikuyu, lived in the same environment, under the same conditions. The Maasai, who consumed primarily meat, milk, and cow blood, were considerably taller, stronger, and healthier than the Kikuyu, who were almost vegetarian.
Canada, Alaska, Greenland: The Inuits, before being "civilized," ate meat almost exclusively. And it was raw. They were among the healthiest people in the world. Ever since they started eating "civilized" canned food, their health has deteriorated.
Japan: When the Japanese economy grew after World War 2, the Japanese people were able to afford more meat. Their health has improved since then.
China: Vegetarian groups cite the "China Study" ad nauseum as an example of largely vegetarian rural dwellers being healthier than the city-dwellers, who eat more meat. This leaves out critical information, however. City dwellers tend to drink more sodas, they are more likely to be victims of food scandals (which China is quite well known for), and they tend to lead more high stress lives. So the China Study would be more of an argument against a high stress urban lifestyle.
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