Clearly, humans have not evolved to live primarily on a diet based on animals - they are natural vegetarians. Dogs, for example, can eat solid blocks of butter and still keep their blood cholesterol levels stable despite the massively increased intake. If humans markedly increase animal fat consumption, such as butter, the level of cholesterol in the blood rises. In the long term, cholesterol makes artery and heart diseases almost certain, and death from one of these causes is highly likely.
Cholesterol consumption is not the only factor making degenerative disease more likely. Another factor that contributes to cancer development may be the presence of chemicals in meat. It is generally accepted that when pesticides and other chemicals are consumed they become concentrated in the body's fatty tissue. This happens in animals as well as in humans. If food animals eat vegetation that is contaminated with pesticides or chemical fertilizers, or with industrial toxins such as cancer-causing dioxins, traces of these chemicals are deposited in their fat and throughout their muscles, which are partly fat as well. If we then eat meat from these animals, we also eat these chemicals - and in a relatively concentrated form. This argument also applies to the consumption of fish, much of which has been exposed to industrial waste which pollutes river and the seas. For example, contamination of fish with the deadly poison mercury is widely reported in research. The New England Journal of Medicine reported a study in which mothers' milk was tested for chemical residues. The highest levels of residues were found in the milk of meat eaters, and the lowest levels in vegetarians. More significantly, the least contaminated breast milk from a meat-eater still contained more contaminants than the most polluted milk from a vegetarian mother. This indicates that, for this factor at least, vegetarianism is healthiest. Testing has established that industrial toxins are present in only small amounts in vegetables, fruit and grains, and are found at much higher levels in meat and dairy foods (cheese, milk and eggs). Conclusion There is strong evidence to suggest that we humans have not evolved to eat high proportions of meat in our diets, and that doing so significantly increases the likelihood of developing cancer and heart disease. If you are not a vegetarian, you will be healthier and probably live longer if you ate less meat. Therefore it is recommended that a vegetarian diet is followed and meat intake is reduced to help ensure long-term health. Next month's article will consider the essential components of a vegetarian diet.
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