I. IS MAN BY NATURE A VEGETARIAN OR A MEAT-EATER?
With considerable
evidence from the examination of the structure of the human body,
many scientists have come to a conclusion that man is intended by
NATURE to live NOT ON MEAT but on a VEGETABLE DIET. There is a
close correspondence between the teeth, jaws and convoluted
intestinal canal of the human body and those of the fruits and
herbivorous animals such as the monkey, cow, goat, sheep, horse,
deer etc ... except that their bowels are larger and of different
shape; whereas those of carnivorous animals such as the wolf, lion,
tiger, cat etc ... are entirely different. Dissimilarity of
structure reflects different diet.
To begin with, both
man and the fruit, grass - and leaf eating animals are provided
with a set of even and exceptionally flat pre-molar and molar teeth
whereby the upper and lower teeth fit into each other in order that
they may chew and grind their food in a slight side to side motion.
On the other hand, meat-eating animals have four kinds of teeth.
They are incisors, canines, pre-molars and molars. The incisors
which have sharp cutting edges are used to grip small pieces of
flesh and to strip it from bones. The canines are elongated and
pointed and are used for stabbing the prey, preventing it from
escaping and finally killing it.
In addition to the
above differences, the alimentary canal of the human and the fruit
and herbivorous animals are ten to twelve times the length of the
body and this, permit food which does not decay too soon, a longer
time to pass through; while the digestive tract of the carnivores
which is short and simple, is only three times the length of their
bodies. This enables them to eliminate decayed flesh swiftly
because flesh decomposes easily; and rottening substances can
rapidly poison the bloodstream if they remain too long in the body.
Besides, the stomach of a carnivorous animal contains ten times
more of hydrochloric acid than of human and non-meat-eating
animals.
From various
scientific analysis, scientists and naturalists confirm without
doubt that the EARLY INHABITANTS of earth (i.e. our Early
Ancestors) were VEGETARIANS. Hence forth, they make concession,
whether Physiologically, Naturally or Instinctively; fruits,
vegetables, grains, roots, nuts and seeds are most suitable to the
human body.
The Great Swedish
scientist Von Linne states:
"Man's structure, external and internal, compared with that of
the other animals, shows that fruit and succulent vegetables
consitute his natural food."
On top of all the
contrasts, fruit and herbivorous animals are DOCILE IN NATURE but
that of meat-eating animals are FIERCE AND WILD.
