Totally disagree with first point....In countries like India where almost 80% of population never ate red meat in their life span are not dumb people....even Indians are known for their intelligence..!!This is one of the few articles that describes advantages of eating beef whereas most of the articles suggest to avoid red meat

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Disagree entirely with the notion of eating red meat. Western societies have constantly been told that it is part of an essential diet to eat red meat and drink milk. Most people aren't aware of the lengths humans go to to drink the milk of another species; you empregnate the cow, which is only supposed to produce 5L of milk for its young, but is modified to produce 25L... this leads to all sort of problems in the cows stomach making it produce more mucus.. and so the milk needs to be pasteurized where all the nutrients that there might be are all boiled to hell. Our ability to digest dairy is controlled by an enzyme which we lose very quickly after infancy, and so you get the lactose intolerant.. 90% of asians are lactose intolerant. Animal protein just isn't the answer, studies have shown red meat to be a key factor in cancer development, heart disease... i challenge you all to read more on the subject

Only human beings are dumb enough to think that they should eat less of the main food that they should be eating. (sorry for being harsh .. but wake up peeps !) Would you tell a bee to eat less honey or a bird to eat less worms? Not really... This article is very true. Maybe our meat is not that great, but under nourishing ourselves will not solve the problem. It will just make our bodies weak and prone to disease. Take Eskimo's as an example. They ate mostly raw meat & it's fat, rarely were sick, rarely had any cancer, loved longer then most and died mostly of natural causes. The same can be said for various primitive type people around the world. Unfortunately, most have been ruined by our so called better diet, but some so called ''under- underdeveloped'' countries still feed mostly on meat and they have some of the lowest cancer rates in the world. If you wish to know more, look up Dr. Weston A. Price We should be eating mostly meat, it's fat is very important and some populations have or have no dairy. I think that because of the way our meat is fed, we absolutely must eat greens if we can't afford or have access to the grass fed beef. Don't let big pharma keep you sick and have control over your life, as they also pretty much pay all medical research etc.. and they can be pretty slimy peeps.

1: By that logic, animals that only eat meat should be building supercomputers. The correlation of meat + intelligence may be from things like, say, cultures evolving from hunters bartering with villlagers for food. 2: Again, uncontrolled correlation doesn't say anything. By your logic, the regions where people tend to die after long sicknesses are hospitals, therefore we should not go to hospitals? 3:Protein can be sourced from all-plant sources - it's inconvenient, but it's also convenient to steal from a store rather than pay. 4: This is true, but it's also true that first-world countries (read - basically everyone able to afford internet) pretty much don't have problems with zinc, iron, or magnesium deficiencies. 5: If only, say, cows have vitamin B12, where do they get it? There are bacterial methods of producing B12, and "animal sources" doesn't mean you have to eat the cow to get the B12. 6: Your body makes its own carnatine, and plenty of plants make it, too. A sip of milk will basically give you all you need. 7: You have to test the whole package to make that claim. Beef and lamb may have other things that greatly increase cancer risk that overpower linoleic/palmioteic acids (check all the primary literature involving beef and increased incidence of colon and prostate cancer) I write this all as I eat my chicken pesto pizza. Go on, eat your meat - but be honest and say you eat meat because you like the taste of it. 1: By that logic, animals that only eat meat should be building supercomputers. The correlation of meat + intelligence may be from things like, say, cultures evolving from hunters bartering with villlagers with excess meat from a hunt. 2: Again, uncontrolled correlation doesn't say anything. By your logic, the regions where people tend to die after long sicknesses are hospitals, therefore we should not go to hospitals? 3: Protein can be sourced from all-plant sources - it's inconvenient, but it's also convenient to steal from a store rather than pay. And if analogy doesn't suit you, check the reduced mortality study Clifton showing heart attacks being less serious if you switch out animal protein with vegetable protein, for instance. 4: This is true, but it's also true that first-world countries (read - basically everyone able to afford internet) pretty much don't have problems with zinc, iron, or magnesium deficiencies. Meat is nutrient-rich - but when was the last time you (or anyone around you) was actually worried about malnutrition? 5: If only, say, cows have vitamin B12, where do they get it? There are bacterial methods of producing B12, and "animal sources" doesn't mean you have to eat the cow to get the B12. 6: Your body makes its own carnatine, and plenty of plants make it, too. A sip of milk will basically give you all you need for the day. 7: You have to test the whole package to make that claim. Beef and lamb may have other things that greatly increase cancer risk that overpower linoleic/palmioteic acids (check all the primary literature involving beef and increased incidence of colon and prostate cancer) I write this all as I eat my chicken pesto pizza. Go on, eat your meat - but be honest and say you eat meat because you like the taste of it.

Our brains grew because we ate meat? I think the real reason our brains evolved is because if we didn't learn to use weapons and build shelters the human race would have been wiped out pretty quick. Look at the T-Rex it ate nothing but meat and it had a tiny brain compared to it's body. In fact if we carry your theory to it's logical conclusion then all meat eating animals would be super intelligent. By the way it's not brain size that denotes intelligence it's brain type. Not to mention the fact that our ancient ancestors would have been eating meat from wild animals, not from factory farmed animals pumped full of growth hormones and other dangerous chemicals.

We have the incisors the same as other OMNIVORES. All omnivores evolve that way to be adaptable. We can eat meat to supplement for nutrients we cannot get because we do not live somewhere we can grow it. People with different ancestral backgrounds may need meat in their diets because it was necessary for their ancestors, or not. It is entirely possible, especially today, to gain all the nutrients needed from vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes, and vitamin supplements. I personally could not give up dairy products, because they are tasty. I also do occasionally eat meat, but I always feel a great deal more tired and depressed after I do. Also, to those who believe we should eat meat because our ancestors ate meat which made our brains bigger; 1. We still only use about 10% of our brains at a time, so... did it really help? and 2. Contrary to popular belief, our ancestors ate primarily raw meats. Before industrialization, it was relatively safe. I personally feel better if the meat I eat is raw. If you are a die hard beef eater, eat it raw if you actually want the full nutritional value, and brain boosting power that our ancestors apparently got. We waste so much in the cooking process.