The Final Word On Eating Meat

By Nate Rifkin

So should you be eating meat or not?

Here's the final answer: The human body was designed to eat certain kinds of food. And you can tell which kinds by looking at other animals.

Take, for instance, the characteristics of carnivores versus plant-eating creatures.

Carnivores:

1. Have forward-facing eyes for hunting.

2. Need teeth sharp enough to tear into meat.

3. Have relatively small stomachs because meat is easy to digest.

Herbivores:

1. Have sideways-facing eyes to watch out for predators.

2. Have many more blunt molar teeth for chewing tough plants.

3. Have larger stomachs to extract the nutrients from plants.

Now you can think to yourself: Are your eyes on the sides of your head or the front? Are your teeth dull and flat or do you have a bunch of sharp ones up front? Does your stomach take up most of your torso?

Face it: We were meant to eat meat. Now if you're a vegetarian for personal reasons, that's fine. Just don't go spreading the gospel that you're healthier as a result.

Are there studies showing vegetarianism as more healthy than eating meat? Yes. But that's almost certainly because restraining yourself from eating meat shows you have self-disclipline compared to the average person. And being more healthy than the average person is not exactly a big feat.

Take someone with the same self-discipline and allow them to eat meat, and you've got a whole other result.

Of course, make sure you're eating high-quality meat that isn't full of preservatives. I get meat from Whole Foods and I can assure you the natural stuff really does taste better. - 17273

About the Author:

Nate Rifkin is a bizzare writer on fitness. You can discover his book Your Marriage Is Making You Fat if you dare.