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You don't need to ferment plants to digest them, we are pretty able to digest plants as seen by all the anecdotes of people living healthily on plant-based diet
by piva00 3y ago
You don't need to ferment plants to digest them, we are pretty able to digest plants as seen by all the anecdotes of people living healthily on plant-based diets their whole lives.
It doesn't track that we are not able to live like that. A cat can't, a dog can't, humans can and do.
- lambdaba 3y agoI said that our preferences was for meat, hence "facultative carnivore". Just like dogs really, and incidentally dog owners who feed their dogs 100% meat will tell you how much healthier they are.
- piva00 3y agoI was wrong about dogs, unlike cats they do not require meat. So your dog analogy also does not track [0]. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/apr/13/vegan-diets-are-healthier-and-safer-for-dogs-study-suggests https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/apr/13/vegan-d...
- camel-cdr 3y agoIIRC cats also don't require meat, or any animal products, but it's more complicated, since they need taurine and hydrolyzed protein.