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To eat meat or not to eat meat, that is the question. Since the beginning of time this issue has been among us, causing some of us to wonder what the right answer is. As well as arising questions such as: Are human animals structured to eat meat? How does eating meat affect others? If we do choose to eat meat what exactly are we eating? And what about the health benefits? The word vegetarian has nothing to do with vegetables. The word vegetare is Latin for “enliven”, or prolong one’s life. As animals, our bodies are designed to eat and digest vegetables, not meat. First, we have pathetic claws and dull teeth that are meant more for crushing nuts and seeds, not tearing flesh. Second, unlike carnivores, we don’t have enzymes to kill bacteria in the meat to break it down properly. That is why meat is cooked. Third, we have long, complex digestive tracks meant absorb the nutrients from vegetables, fruits, and nuts, carnivores on the other hand have short digestive tracts meant to quickly run the meat through their system. This is because raw meat contains diseases, bacteria, and other hormones let off after and during the animal’s brutal murder.
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