I LOVE it. Too bad I can't print this out, roll it up and then use it to beat Dr. Oz with

I wonder if they counted the bugs that cattle eat when calculating the protein percentage.

I'm too lazy, but I'd bet a week's unemployment check that you could find plenty of evidence that humans are designed to be omnivores. We've got a gut midway between in design between hindgut herbivores and carnivores. We can't ferment fiber into SCFA, but we can extract minerals from plants. And so on and so on. I'm surprised Groves would try and argue that we're carnivores with a thing for arugula.

There is almost no such thing as a complete carnivore or a complete herbivore. However if you compare the human digestive tract with that of a bear which is a true omnivore you can tell that we are much more closely related to carnivores by digestive design.

Ferrets and cats are obligate carnivores.
Geese and cows are herbivores...but even they will eat easily obtainable animal protein in the form of insects

Great article. Ill have to remember that next time I hear "humans aren't carnivores because our intestine is too long, not short like a dog's." Apparently our appendix is all that's left of a "hind-gut" if we ever had one.

Ah Ha, that argument/discussion just came up again this weekend, so I searched out, then referenced this article:

http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/sh...-carb-diet.html


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Also note that the less nutritional science there is, the better the health. In this era of deepest nutritional science and most extensive knowledge, we are the sickest and fattest we've ever been.

My overweight dogs became thin when they started eating my high-fat, low-carb leftovers instead of pasta and bread.

I don't think that dog and cat food is so full of carbs because the the manufacturers thinks that's what they need. I think it's filled with carbs because it's dirt cheap and they can improve their profit margins.

This argument easily extends to humans, except that we have managed to delude ourselves that it's actually the best way to eat.

I wonder if vegetables really deserves to be on the pedestal we have put them. Oh well, no matter. I've given up grains and sugar, but I ain't giving up veggies too.

I think you're on to something. Maybe profit is such a strong incentive that we went so far as to convince ourselves that carbs are good for us in spite of all the evidence to the contrary.

I am certain that is why pet foods are full of corn; it's dirt cheap, it doesn't go bad, and it's easily shaped into pellets for handling.

However, my cats' weight, health, and fur all improved dramatically when I ditched the grains in their food.

Likewise, in humans, eating what giant corporations serve up means we ingest a lot of cheap carbs, transfats, and chemicals. I've never understood people who claim low carb is too expensive. If all you were eating were rice and beans, yes. But most people buy the $3 box of cookies and the $4 box of cereal; switching that out for a $7 package of hamburger is much cheaper in terms of the nutrients we would get for the same money.

It's like acting as though the cheap shirt that is going to shrink as soon as you wash it is a better bargain than the more expensive shirt that will last for years.

As Paul Harvey would say ... (pause) "and now the rest of the story!"

Comparing the gut of Human, dog and sheep. I just looked up the Grizzly Bear digestive tract, now that was interesting.

http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/ca...comparison.html

http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/diseases_index.html

Commercial Pet Foods Can Kill:

Some people never get their heard around that simple fact. To be fair, some people can't afford anything else (and some can't, but buy the more expensive stuff anyway and end up in debt).

I think the problem with food, is that there is this huge lack of awareness about the importance of nutrition and it's far-reaching impact on health. Yeah everyone keeps hearing about a diet of fruits and vegetables, whole-grain, lean meat and low-fat dairy blah blah. But it's just a vague thing, something to worry about in the future when you're "old". People don't realize the huge immediate impact food can have on your feeling of well-being, mood and energy level. That's why we need more education.

I'm not holding my breath however, since most of the health community is just as blissfully ignorant as the rest