On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:42:41 +0100, John Cartmell
Mostly its what was available. In those days they didn't have the luxury of going round Sainsbury's and choosing. Inuit's eat mainly meat because there is very little vegetation in the arctic. If gathering berries is easier than catching wild boar, berries will be a staple diet but I am sure, offered a nice Boar chop, our ancestors would have happily eaten it.
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Nut allergies? My sister is allergic to strawberries and garlic. Once again you are being selective to suit your own arguments. I don't know of too many conventionally eaten animal products that can kill you like peanuts.
Central heating is optional but I can't see that as a good reason not to use it. In fact as someone else pointed out there are cultures that are just about entirely meat eating and they survive. Our ancestors were rather inclined to kill one another just as we are so I don't see much logic in the fact that given a chance they would not kill and eat animals especially if hungry.
Actually with modern technology no doubt vegetables are entirely optional since it is probably possible to make an entirely synthetic diet from meat products but there is no point so nobody would bother. Just take away most of the saturated fat, leave the protein and vitamins + some artificially produced glucose and some form of fibre for roughage. Might not be too much fun and it would be pretty inefficient but there is no reason why it would not be sustaining.
What matters is having a well balanced diet and that can easily include meat. All the rest is religion. -- Ian Lynch www.theINGOTs.org www.opendocumentfellowship.org www.schoolforge.org.uk
