Why Gorilla is so strong just being vegetarian ? ?!
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Gorilla aren't just vegetarian!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
One of the arguments proffered by vegetarians is that our primate ancestors were vegetarians and, to be healthy, we should eat the same kind of diet!.
An article entitled "The Western Lowland Gorilla Diet Has Implications For the Health of Humans and Other Hominids," which appeared in a recent issue of Human and Clinical Nutrition, makes this argument!. With reference to the authors' study of the vegetarian diet of gorillas, the research is sound, but to claim that humans would be better off with a vegetarian diet like that of the gorillas is spurious and equivocal!.
One misconception about the gorilla diet is that it contains no animal products!. On the contrary, all of the great ape groups take in some animal protein, whether overtly or inadvertently, by consuming insects, insect eggs and the larvae that nest on the plants and fruits they eat!. In her pioneering work on chimpanzees, Jane Goodall discovered to her amazement, and to the amazement of the rest of the world, that chimpanzees kill and eat monkeys and make a tool to extract termites from their hills (homes), and that they went to considerable effort to obtain these foods!. It is also significant that meat is the only food they share with other chimpanzees!.
All monkeys, lemurs and apes are classified as vegetarians and/or fruitivors, but they consume a small amount of animal protein by unconsciously eating the small insects, their eggs and larvae on the plant foods they select to eat!. The National Zoo in Washington, D!.C!. tried to breed the near extinct fruitivorian South American golden marmoset in captivity with no result, but when a little animal protein was added to their diet, they began to breed, which proves that they require a small amount of animal protein to be healthy and reproduce!.
With the exception of humans, the native habitat of all the primates is in the tropics!. By contrast, for thousands of years, humans have inhabited all the land masses of the world, except for Anarctica!. The first humans, the Australopithicines, circa 2 million years ago, were omnivorous!. Recently, some researchers, in examining their fossil teeth, have claimed that the Australopithicines were vegetarians; but the evidence indicates they were omnivorous!. It is clear that by the time "humans" evolved, from Homo erectus through to what is now considered "modern" humans, such as Cro-Magnon man, humans were primarily meat eaters!. According to J!. Brownoski, (The Ascent of Man), it was meat-eating that led to the rise of modern man!. Homo erectus invented stone tools for hunting big game which led to the invention of more advanced stone tools by Cro-Magnon to modern humans!.
It was the quest for meat that led Homo sapiens to colonize the world!. They followed the herds of animals!. When overpopulation caused the animal food supply to dwindle, many moved on, from tropical Africa to North Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas and Australia!. They walked and adapted to the cold climates and were able to do so because meat is compact energy, and one kill of a mammoth or other big game could feed many people and lasted for a long period of time; whereas gathering plants and fruits to eat was seasonal!. Until the early part of the 20th century there were peoples who lived almost entirely on animal food!. For example, the Eskimos of North America and Lapps of Scandinavia lived almost entirely on animal protein and were very healthy!.
However, when we refer to meat, remember that meat entails fats which are necessary for sound health!. The protein and minerals in the meat cannot be utilized without the nutrients in the fat!. Both Steffanson and Brody, who spent time with the Eskimos and Indians of North America, reported that these people saved the fat from game animals and always ate their meat with fat!.
The Eskimos ate raw meat, which is very healthy, but there is a caveat for modern society: fresh meat often contains bacteria and parasites that can cause illness, and even death, therefore it is recommended by the government that all meat should be cooked well enough to kill all such pollutants!.
Humans only turned to plant foods as major food sources when, due to the ever-increasing human population, herds of animals became scarce!. They learned to domesticate some animals and invented agriculture!.
Humans learned to use fire, to any extent, in the Paleolithic age!. Cooking certainly was necessary, because grains cannot be eaten raw!. It is also interesting to note that when humans began eating a diet high in grains, the incidence of tooth decay increased considerably!. Tooth decay increased dramatically when refined grains (wheat and rice) became staple diets for a large percentage of the world's population!.
For normal growth and sound health throughout life, the human species requires eight amino acids which their bodies cannot manufacture, vitamin B12 and some essential minerals!. The only viable source of these amino acids and of vitamin B12 is animal proteWww@FoodAQ@Com
An article entitled "The Western Lowland Gorilla Diet Has Implications For the Health of Humans and Other Hominids," which appeared in a recent issue of Human and Clinical Nutrition, makes this argument!. With reference to the authors' study of the vegetarian diet of gorillas, the research is sound, but to claim that humans would be better off with a vegetarian diet like that of the gorillas is spurious and equivocal!.
One misconception about the gorilla diet is that it contains no animal products!. On the contrary, all of the great ape groups take in some animal protein, whether overtly or inadvertently, by consuming insects, insect eggs and the larvae that nest on the plants and fruits they eat!. In her pioneering work on chimpanzees, Jane Goodall discovered to her amazement, and to the amazement of the rest of the world, that chimpanzees kill and eat monkeys and make a tool to extract termites from their hills (homes), and that they went to considerable effort to obtain these foods!. It is also significant that meat is the only food they share with other chimpanzees!.
All monkeys, lemurs and apes are classified as vegetarians and/or fruitivors, but they consume a small amount of animal protein by unconsciously eating the small insects, their eggs and larvae on the plant foods they select to eat!. The National Zoo in Washington, D!.C!. tried to breed the near extinct fruitivorian South American golden marmoset in captivity with no result, but when a little animal protein was added to their diet, they began to breed, which proves that they require a small amount of animal protein to be healthy and reproduce!.
With the exception of humans, the native habitat of all the primates is in the tropics!. By contrast, for thousands of years, humans have inhabited all the land masses of the world, except for Anarctica!. The first humans, the Australopithicines, circa 2 million years ago, were omnivorous!. Recently, some researchers, in examining their fossil teeth, have claimed that the Australopithicines were vegetarians; but the evidence indicates they were omnivorous!. It is clear that by the time "humans" evolved, from Homo erectus through to what is now considered "modern" humans, such as Cro-Magnon man, humans were primarily meat eaters!. According to J!. Brownoski, (The Ascent of Man), it was meat-eating that led to the rise of modern man!. Homo erectus invented stone tools for hunting big game which led to the invention of more advanced stone tools by Cro-Magnon to modern humans!.
It was the quest for meat that led Homo sapiens to colonize the world!. They followed the herds of animals!. When overpopulation caused the animal food supply to dwindle, many moved on, from tropical Africa to North Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas and Australia!. They walked and adapted to the cold climates and were able to do so because meat is compact energy, and one kill of a mammoth or other big game could feed many people and lasted for a long period of time; whereas gathering plants and fruits to eat was seasonal!. Until the early part of the 20th century there were peoples who lived almost entirely on animal food!. For example, the Eskimos of North America and Lapps of Scandinavia lived almost entirely on animal protein and were very healthy!.
However, when we refer to meat, remember that meat entails fats which are necessary for sound health!. The protein and minerals in the meat cannot be utilized without the nutrients in the fat!. Both Steffanson and Brody, who spent time with the Eskimos and Indians of North America, reported that these people saved the fat from game animals and always ate their meat with fat!.
The Eskimos ate raw meat, which is very healthy, but there is a caveat for modern society: fresh meat often contains bacteria and parasites that can cause illness, and even death, therefore it is recommended by the government that all meat should be cooked well enough to kill all such pollutants!.
Humans only turned to plant foods as major food sources when, due to the ever-increasing human population, herds of animals became scarce!. They learned to domesticate some animals and invented agriculture!.
Humans learned to use fire, to any extent, in the Paleolithic age!. Cooking certainly was necessary, because grains cannot be eaten raw!. It is also interesting to note that when humans began eating a diet high in grains, the incidence of tooth decay increased considerably!. Tooth decay increased dramatically when refined grains (wheat and rice) became staple diets for a large percentage of the world's population!.
For normal growth and sound health throughout life, the human species requires eight amino acids which their bodies cannot manufacture, vitamin B12 and some essential minerals!. The only viable source of these amino acids and of vitamin B12 is animal proteWww@FoodAQ@Com
Because potassium, found in bananas, which monkeys in general enjoy, is essential for muscle growth, as well as cardiovascular growth!. Good for bodybuilding!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
gorrila's are not just strong, they eat so much that they weigh 30-40 stone! thats what makes them 'strong'!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Genetics!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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They eat a lot of bugs!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
because being vegan makes them strong
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