This RD/PhD says we did not evolve to eat meat but rather ate meat b/c we were too dumb to grow plants.

Here are two reasons why he is incorrect.

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An Ignorant Statement Posted by an RD/PhD

Just because someone has many letters after their name does not mean they will make sense or speak professionally when they open their mouth.

Moore is incorrect on both points.

• Humans did evolve to eat meat.

• Humans were not as dumb as you think.

Point 1.

Humans require animal-sourced foods (i.e., fish/seafood, eggs, poultry, red meat, or dairy) to meet our B12 needs. If we evolved to consume only plants, our ancestors could eat a vegan diet before the age of supplements. However, it has only been since the 1940s that supplements became available.

This is incorrect if someone tells you you can get B12 from algae, as humans do not utilize this source. Any plant source, even fermented ones, is poorly absorbed by humans. For instance, seaweed and mushrooms contain B12 analogs inactive in humans.

Vegans can meet their B12 needs via fortified foods, but this also means that their diet includes processed/refined food products. A vegetarian can acquire very small amounts via eggs and dairy.

What can happen when your B12 dips too low

Low B12 is associated with neural tube defects, CVD, cognitive decline, osteoporosis, and age-related macular degeneration. Symptoms of low B12 can include fatigue, weakness, numbness or tingling in hands and feet, decreased appetite, weight loss, and irritability.

But this does not mean you have to eat meat daily.

If you were previously a meat eater, you can store B12 in your liver for, on average, 2-4 years. Hence, it may take some time for you to see a B12 deficiency. It is not uncommon for a vegan or vegetarian to feel great initially on the diet but, over time, feel fatigued. This is because deficiencies take time to happen.

For children who are raised as vegan/vegetarian, a B12 deficiency can occur much sooner. Additionally, if you are depleted, it can take months to replenish the body via oral dosing, and B12 injections may be warranted.

Point 2.

Our ancestors could hunt, trap, kill, and utilize animals for food, clothing, and products. They had to use skill, endurance, patience, and creativity to catch, kill and survive a hunt.

They did not have guns.

Most people today have minimal skills outside of typing on a keyboard and would starve if they could not order or shop for food.

Even hunters who use guns may not be able to catch food the way our ancestors did.

From my perspective, our hunter-gatherer ancestors may have been smarter than our modern-day lazy, non-critical-thinking humans, who rely on technology and AI to survive.

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