[extropy-chat] GM Food [was: World map of human ES cell andnuclear transfer policies]

[Acy Stapp]

Humans haven't been biologically adapted to vegetarianism for two
million years, since homo habilis and homo erectus. Our body is unable
to produce several vitamins in adequate usable quantities, most
importantly B-12 and D, which must come from animal foods or from
supplementation.

I found http://www.beyondveg.com/nicholson-w/hb/hb-interview1a.shtml#top
to be an informative read.

I will grant that most Americans do eat more meat than is necessary to
maintain their health, and the fat profile of factory-farmed meat is
quite unhealthy, with far too much saturated fat. I personally try to
eat free-range meat and shellfish in preference to factory-farmed
meat. I'm not sure how the energy balance comes out between more
factory-farmed meat and less free-range meat.

Acy

On 12/8/05, spike <spike66 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Samantha Atkins
> ...
>
> Ah, I see. We supposedly have enough food if everyone is vegetarian but not
> otherwise...
>
> - samantha
>
>
>
> That notion is having ever greater appeal to me.  I was
> a vegetarian for several years as a teenager and early
> 20s.  Im seriously considering going back to it.
>
> spike
>
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Acy Stapp

"When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think
only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the
solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong." -- R. Buckminster
Fuller (1895 - 1983)