[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
countingbeans wrote:
OctoberGirl wrote:
but I don’t think it is against nature to be a vegetarian. It’s a choice and it won’t hurt the body.
Please, find me one study, one honest scientific study that shows that the human digestive track is more similar to a sheep than say a dog, and vegetarians will be queens & kings of all the internets.
In a world without supermarkets and supplement companies, yes humans need meat to survive. Therefore, it is natural to eat it. Therefore it hurts the body by KILLING it to not eat meat.
But I forgot, mankind is smarter than evolution.
Silly me. Let me live off of plants that my body can’t digest & load up on Soy & take little pills made in a factory to compensate for the vitamins in MEAT that I can’t get without eating MEAT.
No I didn’t read his blog. I don’t need anymore evidence of why people should eat meat than I already have. I understand basic principles of biology, I don’t need to read a story about someone’s stupidity.
it sure did get your panties in a twist.
and our intestines are a lot longer than a dog’s so that analogy won’t fly either.
we need protein, not necessarily meat.
The only thing stupid is failing to learn.
just get over the tantrum already. It’s not your thing
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Many vegan sites recommend supplementing with vitamin B12. So I would say his point about “taking little pills” is pretty valid at least for a vegan (not vegetarian) diet.
As far as the insights of this experiment go, I think Berardi’s experiment was more useful because he actually tried to gain muscle and succeeded to do so. I think you can maintain muscle mass for a month or two with a quite low protein intake as long as you do not reduce your caloric intake drastically. And although I did not get an answer, it is obvious that Chris consumed less calories than normal.