3 ms·
>Just listen to your intuition. My intuition tells me that humans evolved as omnivores, and eating a vegan diet causes health problems because of nutrient defi
by remarkEon 4y ago
>Just listen to your intuition.
My intuition tells me that humans evolved as omnivores, and eating a vegan diet causes health problems because of nutrient deficiency. Unless you heavily supplement, which sort of defeats the purpose of "reducing your carbon footprint by not eating meat".
- ihatepython 4y ago[flagged]
- NovaDudely 4y agoWhile we are omnivores, I think the role people place on meat is greatly over stated. We where primarily plant eaters with the occasional meat as it was available. Yes there always exceptions to this rule, especially in fishing societies. Even as little as 100 years ago you can see just how little meat was in most peoples diets, it was there but not very often. As for the nutrients, the big one is the B vitamins which is funnily enough a result of us cleaning the food system too much! Most vegetables used to still have a bit of soil left on them and that was were the B vitamins come from, now everything is so clean we have stripped away that. My solution is Nooch and a bit more Vegemite than usual. ;) have no issues so far.
- 8note 4y agoIt varies by location -- eg. the Inuit weren't eating much plants most of the time
- AnonC 4y agoAnimals in the animal agriculture space are fed supplements (commonly B12, and some others too). In many places they may also be fed antibiotics to boost growth. So the carbon footprint of supplements is higher there because of efficiency and losses in the chain.