A Little Lesson in Genetics

Have you ever heard the saying that vegans and vegetarians make, “Look at what Chimpanzees eat, they only eat plants, this means humans weren’t made to eat meat!” People, this is why it’s good to have a basic understanding in genetics and evolution, and from that, you can learn a little something about one of my passions, nutrition. Humans did not evolve from chimpanzees; they are our cousins, not our ancestors. So what does this mean? This means our diet should NOT be similar to chimpanzees. However, our diet should be similar to our ancestors, in short, the people we actually evolved from.

What did our ancestors eat? They ate lots and lots of meat, eggs, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. Certain other foods are good as well, such as olive oil, hemp oil, and fish oil. Our ancestors didn’t drink milk, and more and more modern research is showing that humans are not made to consume dairy. Other things that humans are not evolved to eat are grains, breads, starches, potatoes, or any carbohydrate/sugar source in high amounts. Mostly we should be eating things like greens when it comes to carbohydrate sources. This is called the Paleolithic Diet. This diet is specifically built around how our ancestors used to eat before modern civilization, and our genetic material is still mostly the same than even 40,000 years ago, we haven’t changed, and neither should our diets.

One of the main arguments I hear people say when trying to prove that humans are not made to eat meats is that we don’t have the digestive ability. However, all this “proves” as that they are not taking in enough fiber, which most Americans are low in. I am personally currently taking in 3 lbs of meat, 6 eggs, 12-16 ounces of greens, 4 ounces of nuts, 2 ounces of seeds, about 16 ounces of LOW GI fruit, 4 tablespoons of olive oil, and 16 grams of fish oil (keep in mind that part of the reason I eat like this is because I powerlift and recently started working long hours in a metal shop). How can I digest all this food, especially with such a large amount of meat and eggs? It’s simple; I eat a lot of fiber, most of it coming from greens. There are people out there who eat a lot more meat than me, most professional bodybuilders eat around 10 lbs of meat (these are people with amazing genetic digestion ability). And although this is also largely due to genetic ability, I believe most people would have absolutely no trouble taking in 2 lbs of meat daily, but the simple fact is people have bad digestion because of their poor dieting skills. So the answer shouldn’t in turn be that we, humans, aren’t made to eat meat, but the answer is, eat more fiber. I have TWO bowel movements every day. A healthy tip for you, if you don’t have at least one bowel movement daily, you have bad digestion, plain and simple.

MEAT, it’s the staple of the human diet, EAT IT! (And by that I don’t mean burgers and hotdogs, but steak, chicken, beef, fish, turkey, ham, you know, the real stuff). Also, drink your water people, fuck soft drinks!

Political Vegans/Vegetarians Rioting Factory Farms?

Some people are vegans/vegetarians for moral reasons, and although I disagree with that viewpoint, that audience is not what this essay is directed to. The people that this essay is directed to are the vegans/vegetarians who don’t eat meat because of the way factory farms treat animals. Now, although I do agree with the notion that factory farms mistreat animals, the question from that point shouldn’t be do we now not eat meat, but how do we stop factory farms from mistreating animals? It is indeed sad to say that just by not eating meat you are not changing anything, sorry, but that is reality. And before anyone gets angered by this statement, would you not rather look for a better alternative that actually does change how factory farms mistreat animals? Regardless of rather a few people in the world don’t eat meat for dinner; millions of others are still eating meat from factory farms and factory farms are still mistreating and being cruel to animals.

On a logical level I would simply ask people, what does not eating meat have to do with animal cruelty? This is the number one reason why it annoys when people say I would not eat meat if I knew how factory farms treated animals. No, if I knew how factory farms treated animals then I would try to shut down factory farms and make a better living arrangement for the animals. This is simply an illogical excuse for vegans/vegetarians to try and push their beliefs down other people’s throat.

So what’s the alternative? The alternative would be to take direct action. Direct action would be by doing things such as rioting factory farms, or maybe causing property damage to factory farms, or even by invading factory farms and releasing animals. Direct action is what changes things in the world, not sitting on your couch smoking a blunt and telling your friends not to eat meat because it’s immoral, that doesn’t change anything. I’m sure there are thousands and thousands of vegans/vegetarians in the world today, imagine if through networking all these people got together and started to riot factory farms, start trouble for the people who are mistreating animals. I am sure then you could get something done. And if you are vegan/vegetarian truly because you think it is morally wrong the way factory farms mistreat animals, and you are not a vegan/vegetarian simply for egotistic purposes, then I ask, would you not actually want to change something? DIRECT ACTION!

If this was the case and a vegan/vegetarian, instead of preaching to me why not to eat meat, instead said, “We’re going to go riot some factory farms”, then I would without hesitation fully support their effort. This statement is the statement of someone who is actually trying to change how something, a life, is being mistreated, instead of just trying to give me a worthless moral speech. Imagine if people said they were going to stop having sex to take a stance against rape, is that really going to change anything, or is actually punishing the rapist directly going to change the situation? I think you know the answer to this riddle. We as people need to rethink how we approach and how we think about factory farms, so I ask, are we going to simple sit at home and do the passive action of not eating meat (which is just about as meaningful as voting) or are we actually going to change something directly, with our words and our actions? People united can change something so inhumane, all it takes is a little effort, all it takes is a collective group working together to change what we all know is inhumane to a certain degree, and then and only then, will something actually be done about factory farms torturing animals.