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Humans are in no way similar to true omnivores such as pigs or chicken . We are facultative carnviores : organisms that can survive on plants but biologically thrive on animal-based nutrition (cats are obligate carnivores, dogs are facultative carnivores)
Digestive physiology :
high Stomach Acidity at 1.5 pH roughly (comparable to scavengers and significantly lower than the average omnivore (~2.9) even lower than many specialist carnivores (~3.6)) , This extreme acidity is thought to have evolved not just for protein breakdown but also to neutralize pathogens, especially from carrion or spoiled meat since early humans ( before becoming good hunters ) used to scavenge their meat
A relatively short digestive tract compared to the average omnivores , with a short large intestines ( massively reducing the ability to ferment fiber and extract plant born nutrients )
No detoxifying enzymes to use against plant chemicals , eating grains or plants in their natural forms = death sentence
Metabolic and Enzymatic Adaptations : Under evolutionary pressure of high animal food intake, humans developed metabolic traits like hepatic gluconeogenesis (vitally slow carbohydrate availability for the brain) and shifts in amino acid metabolism which was the metabolic state you'd be in for almost half of the year , keto in winter and relying more on exogenous sugars during spring
inb4 some questions
"but we have flat teeth"
no we don't , only some modern humans have flat teeth due to the shit diet . humans naturally should have rigid molars to break bones and cut meat furthermore
"how do vegans exist then"
vegans get all kinds of illness and once their human(animal) fat storage runs out : they simply quit or die
"how can we digest starches then"
humans retained the amylase genes from their supposed frugivore primate ancestors
"but we can't synthesize our own vitamin C like carnivores "
humans aren't strict carnivores first . second , we lost the gene needed to do that because of our frugivore primate ancestors ( they got all their vitamin C from fruits )
Digestive physiology :
high Stomach Acidity at 1.5 pH roughly (comparable to scavengers and significantly lower than the average omnivore (~2.9) even lower than many specialist carnivores (~3.6)) , This extreme acidity is thought to have evolved not just for protein breakdown but also to neutralize pathogens, especially from carrion or spoiled meat since early humans ( before becoming good hunters ) used to scavenge their meat
A relatively short digestive tract compared to the average omnivores , with a short large intestines ( massively reducing the ability to ferment fiber and extract plant born nutrients )
No detoxifying enzymes to use against plant chemicals , eating grains or plants in their natural forms = death sentence
Metabolic and Enzymatic Adaptations : Under evolutionary pressure of high animal food intake, humans developed metabolic traits like hepatic gluconeogenesis (vitally slow carbohydrate availability for the brain) and shifts in amino acid metabolism which was the metabolic state you'd be in for almost half of the year , keto in winter and relying more on exogenous sugars during spring
inb4 some questions
"but we have flat teeth"
no we don't , only some modern humans have flat teeth due to the shit diet . humans naturally should have rigid molars to break bones and cut meat furthermore
"how do vegans exist then"
vegans get all kinds of illness and once their human(animal) fat storage runs out : they simply quit or die
"how can we digest starches then"
humans retained the amylase genes from their supposed frugivore primate ancestors
"but we can't synthesize our own vitamin C like carnivores "
humans aren't strict carnivores first . second , we lost the gene needed to do that because of our frugivore primate ancestors ( they got all their vitamin C from fruits )
