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If some plants, besides drugs, may have the potential to be addictive then I don't think it is absurd to think that some plants don't want to be eaten and produ
by jayalpha 8y ago
If some plants, besides drugs, may have the potential to be addictive then I don't think it is absurd to think that some plants don't want to be eaten and produce substances that are not necessarily good for you.
"The healthiest diets on the planet consist mostly of plants. "
Historically we ate meat. Lots of it. If I remember right, based on tooth isotopes analysis the Neanderthals for example ate hardly anything but meat. The eating of plants is a relatively new phenomenon, starting with the human civilization. Based on genetic evolution this are not really long terms.
- cageface 8y agoOur nearest relatives, the primates, eat little to no meat and have very similar physiology to us. We seem to be a little bit better adapted to eat meat if necessary but our bodies are still optimized for extracting nutrients from plants. https://www.peta.org/living/food/really-natural-truth-humans-eating-meat/ https://www.peta.org/living/food/really-natural-truth-humans...
- jayalpha 8y agoAs much as I love animals. Do you really want me to take Peta for a credible source?
- cageface 8y agoThat was just the quickest reference I had to hand. Here's another: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/human-ancestors-were-nearly-all-vegetarians/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/human-ancest... We don't have the physiology of a carnivore at all. We look a lot more like herbivores that may have made some small adaptations to include some meat in our diets if necessary.
- pvaldes 8y agoIs an error to think that true herbivorism is a "primitive" trait. They are very evolved in fact.