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<blockquote data-quote="LittleGreyCat" data-source="post: 1615827" data-attributes="member: 6467"><p>Couple of things.</p><p></p><p>Firstly a lot of us here are on no grain diets so feeding grains to animals isn't depriving us and eating them directly is not an alternative. The traditional plant based staples for the masses are the carbohydrate stores such as grains and tubers (otherwise known as a chip butty). Not good for most T2 diabetics. I suspect that feeding the world on non energy dense foods (think of all the energy dense wheat, barley, corn, potatoes, rice grown to feed humans) would still be a very hard task.</p><p></p><p>Secondly we may be able to survive well on all meat, and also survive well on all plant, but check your teeth.</p><p>They aren't all ripping teeth (check a cat of you have one and you are brave).</p><p>They aren't all grinding teeth (put that sheep down!) and we don't have a rumen to aid digestion of cellulose. </p><p>We have a mixture of cutting and grinding teeth because we evolved as omnivores, able to survive on whatever we could find growing or catch running.</p><p>Trying to live as a pure carnivore or vegetarian may be possible (perhaps with supplements for some) but it is more of a moral choice than a pragmatic one.</p><p></p><p>My Low Carbohydrate High Fat diet is heavily reliant on animal products, including dairy. I am lucky to be able to add in some grain based products (for example Lidl rolls) but much of the common plant based food stock is not good for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleGreyCat, post: 1615827, member: 6467"] Couple of things. Firstly a lot of us here are on no grain diets so feeding grains to animals isn't depriving us and eating them directly is not an alternative. The traditional plant based staples for the masses are the carbohydrate stores such as grains and tubers (otherwise known as a chip butty). Not good for most T2 diabetics. I suspect that feeding the world on non energy dense foods (think of all the energy dense wheat, barley, corn, potatoes, rice grown to feed humans) would still be a very hard task. Secondly we may be able to survive well on all meat, and also survive well on all plant, but check your teeth. They aren't all ripping teeth (check a cat of you have one and you are brave). They aren't all grinding teeth (put that sheep down!) and we don't have a rumen to aid digestion of cellulose. We have a mixture of cutting and grinding teeth because we evolved as omnivores, able to survive on whatever we could find growing or catch running. Trying to live as a pure carnivore or vegetarian may be possible (perhaps with supplements for some) but it is more of a moral choice than a pragmatic one. My Low Carbohydrate High Fat diet is heavily reliant on animal products, including dairy. I am lucky to be able to add in some grain based products (for example Lidl rolls) but much of the common plant based food stock is not good for me. [/QUOTE]
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