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[lalaloo73]

I'm taking an online nutrition class.  our current topic of the week is "are you a vegetarian?".  someone in the class posted a response with a really crappy attitude and incorrect information.  (read below)

"Humans are predators.  That is how our bodies are built, from the shape of our teeth to the placement of our eyes.  I for one completely

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[brutusmcnabb]

I would suggest you leave out the "uhh, no. you're wrong." part, it'll make you sound smarter.

[lalaloo73]

yes. i plan to remove that. i was irritated when i wrote that.

[gahdzuks]

Good. I saw that and then read that you thought the person you wrote the response to had a crappy attitude and I very nearly spit my cheerios at the computer screen. :\

[sweetseadragon]

I am also taking a nutrition class this semester.

One thing I try to keep in mind is that a lot of my peers could really give a crap about any anthropological information I have to share. It is sometimes very difficult for me to not chime in and "set the record straight" but in most instances it just isn't relevant information to my fellow students. I am the lone anthropologist in a sea of exercise science, physical therapy, athletic training and phys ed students. It's interesting.

Good luck with your course.

[insert_nanotech]

A good poinr...humans may have evolved to eat mest, but a smaller percentage of their diets than most people in prosperous countries currently do. I think the vegetarian vs. anti-vegetarian attitude is a little too "all or nothing."

[pencilears]

i'm actualy reading a book about this right now called the omnivore's dilemma http://www.amazon.com/Omnivores-Dilemma-Natural-History-Meals/dp/1594200823 it's another popular science book but it's got a few good ideas.

for me, I eat meat with reverence to the animal who's flesh I am consuming. and i think that's about the only way you can do it, by not looking away from the blood sacrifice on the table

[ragnarok20]

Humans are the way we are because we ate meat. When we branched out to hunting, for instance, this provided a great deal more calories for a bit less work than had been required before. Because we had such an excess of calories it allowed our brains to develop far more than they would have otherwise.