Since our bodies recycle 70% of the protein waste, we lose only about 23 grams of protein a day. To replenish this lost protein, your body needs only about 1.5 pounds of protein a month! So, why do we think we must eat huge amounts of meat to be healthy? Advertising. The meat and dairy industries spend vast sums of money in television and magazine advertising every year to convince Americans that we must eat huge amounts of cow meat, cheese, milk, eggs, chicken and other assorted animal products.
What’s the truth about meat as a source of protein? The Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council states, "One of the biggest fallacies ever perpetuated is that there is any need for so-called ‘complete protein’."
That fact is that protein is composed of amino acids. Amino acids are literally the building blocks of the human body. There are a total of 23 amino acids needed by the body, of which 15 of these our bodies manufacture in the liver -- provided the liver is in good working order. The other 8 amino acids must come from food so the body can build a complete protein.
MAN, THE CARNIVOROUS BEAST!
The idea that we must eat meat to supply protein for our bodies is a lie. Factually, our bodies CAN NOT assimilate the protein found in meat or any other food. The food must be digested and broken down into amino acids. The liver re-forms the amino acids into useable protein for our bodies. Every one of the amino acids our body requires is found in raw fruits and vegetables!
Furthermore, when meat is cooked the amino acids in the meat are coagulated or destroyed. Meat releases large amounts of uric acid into our bodies when eaten. Uric acid is toxic to the human body. The human body does not even have the enzyme "uricase" to break down uric acid!
In order for humans to get any nutritional value from meat it would have to be eaten raw, like the carnivores. However, carnivorous animals, who can live on raw meat, have very little in common with humans.
Here is a list of physiological differences between Man and Carnivore:
Carnivore: long, sharp, pointed teeth for ripping and chewing flesh. Jaw moves up and down ONLY for tearing and biting.
Human: Have molars for crushing and grinding and jaws that move side to side for eating vegetation.
Carnivore: Saliva is acid for digesting animal protein.
Human: Saliva is alkaline and contains ptyalin for digestion of starch.
Carnivore: Stomach is a simple round sack that secretes 10 times more hydrochloric acid than humans.
Human: Stomach is oblong, complex and convoluted with a duodenum, the tube that leads to the small intestine.
Carnivore: Intestines are 3 times the length of the trunk, designed for rapid expulsion of meat, which rots quickly.
Human: Intestines are 12 times the length of our trunks, designed to keep food until all nutrients are extracted.
Carnivore: Liver will eliminate 10 - 15 times more uric acid than the human liver.
Human: Liver produces no "uricase" enzyme to eliminate uric acid.
Carnivore: Do not sweat through their skin and have no pores.
Human: Sweat through the skin to eliminate wastes.
Carnivore: Urine is acid.
Human: Urine is alkaline.
Carnivore: Tongue is rough for licking blood and flesh.
Human: Tongue is smooth.