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Not true vegetarianism; just can't eat mammal-derived meat. Other animals are still fair game. (pun not intended, but I'll take it)
by syntheticnature 6y ago
Not true vegetarianism; just can't eat mammal-derived meat. Other animals are still fair game. (pun not intended, but I'll take it)
- justusthane 6y agoPrimates are also fair game.
- folli 6y agoChicken might be an easier obtainable answer.
- nicoburns 6y agoPrimates are mammals...
- echelon 6y ago> Primates are mammals... That don't produce alpha-gal, the glycan that generates this allergy. If humans produced alpha-gal, negative selection would typically remove it as a possible ligand, and this would rarely happen.
- nicoburns 6y agoAh, gotcha. Well I won't be eating any primates, but that's interesting to know.
- echelon 6y agoBiology is such a fascinating field. You've got bizarre disease states, immunobiology (a vast field in its own right - B cells, immunoglobulins, antigens, amplification, negative selection, etc.), evolution, and even ecology. Just in this one problem.