If humans are meant to eat meat then why cant they eat raw meat?

Humans dont need to eat meat. If you use common sense and logic you will find this easily. Sorry I am talking facts here- I know theres a lot of people like you who cant handle facts.

The fact that it's true makes it true. Our physiology is not that of a herbivore - we lack a number of specific adaptations for that, the ability to digest cellulose for one. Nor is it that of a carnivore - we are opportunistic omnivores; historically a predominately plant/fruit based diet with the addition of meat whenever it was available, much like our closest relatives chimpanzees and gorillas, who have been observed to eat small mammals or other primates.

As for your nonsense at the end - claws do not make a carnivore, and our lack of them doesn't make us herbivorous; our adaptation is our intellect and ability to use tools to hunt. Stomach acid is hydrochloric acid, a strong acid and activates protein digesting enzymes so your flippant sarcasm back fires.

You're the one who should look up the facts.We dont need claws because evoloution favoured the development of big brains which means we could uses tools.Humans are almost perfectly designed for hunting hence why we're such good long distance runners.We have longer legs in comparison to most apes and we have little body hair so that we can run long distances without tiring.We're also highly social which makes is perfect for communicating with each other about where prey is kind of similar to a pack of wolves.

Why? Your strange denial of the existence of steak tartare means little. We can and do eat raw meat - something you'd find out quite quickly if you stopped blindly swallowing lies and propaganda. You don't think it's right to eat meat, fair enough, that's a moral decision, but don't try and pretend that eating meat is wrong on a biological level.


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If you think the ability to digest cellulose is what makes a herbivore a herbivore, then you should just... use google? Undigestible cellulose, also known as fiber, allows for smooth digestion to occur. Animal products contain no fiber to aid in digestion, but obviously who needs fiber because our intellect and ability to use tools to hunt help us digest the rotting corpse you just swallowed up innit

Are you really suggesting that you wont get ill if you eat raw meat? Its the number one cause of salmonella you fool.

**** off. We don't give a **** about vegetarians or vegans yet you give those of us who eat meat grief.
People eat what we want to eat. You all say that us who eat meat are muderers and cruel yet you forget that to get land for farms you have to deforest and remove other plants and kill animals. At least meat eater eat what is killed.

Just because someone eats meat does not mean they kill animals or support animal cruelty.

**** OFF

Where did I say that we need meat?

If you read my post properly you'd understand my point, but clearly you didn't, so I'll reiterate:

If it's safe, nutritious, and you like the taste, you can eat whatever you want.

So, whether we need meat or vegetables or not is irrelevant to my point. What I'm saying is that if you were starving and the only food around was a big greasy hamburger, you'd probably go for it

And since we're talking "facts" it might interest you to know that eating wild animals is in fact more "natural" than eating crops, since crops are domesticated and have been specially bred by humans for thousands of years, for most plants completely changing their taste, shape and nutrient content.

So - you eat whatever you want, I'll eat whatever I want, and we can both agree that nobody's diet is more "natural" because no such thing exists. We're foragers and persistence hunters and we eat whatever the hell we fancy.

The landscape of food and how we have consumed it has undergone incredible changes for centuries. Throughout history, owning livestock and being able to feed it to your family was a sign of wealth and prosperity. If you had guests over, being able to feed them meat, bread and olive oil indicated that you truly cared about their wellbeing.Across the ages, these traditions and signs have not changed much. Throughout the U.S.’ most prominent metropolitan areas, one can find five-star steakhouses and meat buffets regarded as top-tier when it comes to dining. Being served a filet mignon or fresh meat cutlet is equivalent to being served as a king or queen.We all like to make justifications about our food, as this helps us enjoy our food more deeply and understand why we consume it. People from all kinds of backgrounds, including scientists, cooks and students, have posited that human tooth and jaw design is geared towards consuming meat.One of the most common arguments made for humans to eat meat is that we have canine teeth. While we do have canine teeth, human canines are nothing compared to the canine teeth exhibited by carnivores.Human Canies are blunt and wider; carnivorous canines are often inches or more in length. However, this does not mean that all creatures with canine teeth strictly eat meat. Some of the largest canines in the world belong to herbivorous animals. White-lipped peccaries gorillas and hippopotamuses all have fearsome canines, and the largest in the world actually belong to hippos. Their canine teeth have been known to grow up to 18 inches, but play no role in how hippos gather food.The hippopotamus diet consists almost entirely of grass and roots; their sizeable canines are only used for territorial disputes or self-protection. The same goes for gorillas, which feed on leaves, stems, shoots, pith and roots. Depending on the type of gorilla and the region they are in, they may feed on ants.


In light of the aforementioned facts, human intestines are about nine times one’s body length, and it typically takes 12 to 18 hours for a human to completely digest a meal. In contrast, a carnivore’s (feline’s) intestine is generally 1.5 to three times its body length, and it only takes two to four hours for a full meal to digest in its stomach. This allows meat that is rapidly decaying to pass out of the body as swiftly as possible.

Beyond this, the types of defense mechanisms and food-gathering components of a creature’s body also play into their food type. Carnivores have sharp claws on their paws or hands, and humans do not. We have flattened nails that are most conducive to handling fruits and vegetables and picking foods from trees or stems.
All of these facts taken together point to an unmistakable conclusion: humans are physically built to consume and receive optimal benefit from vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds. This fact is reflected in human teeth, jaws, stomachs and nails. The similarities between herbivorous and frugivorous animals and humans are too many to overlook. One easy way to consider it is that the abundance of plant-based eating does not have to be confined to special situations.

Did you honestly compare us to wolves, lol alright.

Wolves don't have big brains but they can hunt
Wolves are very hairy and can run longer than any human
Wolves have shorter legs but can run faster

What's your point? "Facts" lmao I'd pay good money to see you chase and kill a deer like a wolf.

So much of this is irrelevant nonsense. No one seriously claims we are carnivorous, they claim we are omnivorous. Yes, we have significant differences from carnivores. We also have significant differences from herbivores as well and can consume plants and fruits, and meat.


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You didn't read my first post really, did you...

Humans dont need to eat meat. If you use common sense and logic you will find this easily. Sorry I am talking facts here- I know theres a lot of people like you who cant handle facts.

As a geology undergrad at Cambridge University I feel uniquely qualified to address your point. Humans do need to eat meat. It's what allowed human brains to expand and thus allowed us to increase our intelligence.

http://www.livescience.com/24875-meat-human-brain.html

You may not understand the article (due to you not eating meat and all) so it may be worth asking a meat eater to explain it to you.

FTW.

Yeah I did. It was the definition of stupid.

Its isnt safe. Well not in the amount the average person consumes it. If you want to live an ignorant live with your head deep in the sand then go ahead, however, please dont feed people the lie that eating 10 steaks a day is healthy. You see dear theres intelligent people around that can quickly outsmart and humiliate you when you step into the big boys world and try to use ignorant untrue arguments to suit you agenda. Meat in little amounts does you no harm. Meat in the amounts it is consumed by most people leads to many more problems. I suggest you look up facts on this on the internet and dont dismiss every argument against meat as 'duh duh this is just a pure argument made by tree huggers it must be untrue meat is good duhhh duuhhhh duuhhhh'.

I honestly dont even know why I bother. You lack the capacity to think in an intelligent manner. Suppose I cant really blame you- its not your fault you dumb.

Except I didn't say that, I mentioned it as one example of adaptations herbivores have that humans do not. Also, given your last line I'm guessing you're not even going to bother responding in a mature discussion - since it sounds like you're suggesting I think we're carnivorous. We're not. We are opportunistic omnivores, our physiology makes this clear.

Care to provide the real research showing humans are herbivorous rather than omnivorous?

Gastric acid is a strong acid, usually around pH 2 or so, and it is capable of dealing with raw meat given it still activates peptidase enzymes, and still digests meat - and, as so many of this thread have pointed out, we can eat raw meat. Quite a few of those responding have done so as well, myself included.

You **** off you ignorant fuel. This post stinks of ignorance. Please dont comment again as you are literally too stupid to talk to.

Honest to god- what a moron you really are.