21-06-2022, 07:39 PM
Lilith7
"It could probably be taken to ridiculous extremes where all we'd ever eat would be fallen fruit, but I doubt anyone wants to go there.
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Or just eat dead insects,  but that might deprive the soil of  nutrition.
I am a serious omnivore, the only things I don't eat are the gluten-bearing grains (wheat, rye, barley).  I totally empathise with people who have food intolerances, especially dairy, but my belief is that we have evolved to become the top of the food chain because we are omnivorous.   The only reason that I would become vegan is the animal cruelty aspect, and once you start looking at the effects on animal life of various crops and the processes that are needed to keep them weeded and harvested, then there is  cruelty everywhere.
(21-06-2022, 04:16 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Sugar is plant based...
I would point out though that predators eat meat. And predators are usually a bit brighter than their herbivore prey...
"It could probably be taken to ridiculous extremes where all we'd ever eat would be fallen fruit, but I doubt anyone wants to go there.
"Or just eat dead insects,  but that might deprive the soil of  nutrition.
I am a serious omnivore, the only things I don't eat are the gluten-bearing grains (wheat, rye, barley).  I totally empathise with people who have food intolerances, especially dairy, but my belief is that we have evolved to become the top of the food chain because we are omnivorous.   The only reason that I would become vegan is the animal cruelty aspect, and once you start looking at the effects on animal life of various crops and the processes that are needed to keep them weeded and harvested, then there is  cruelty everywhere.