PETA makes the news again !

[Frame57]

Did you say "human edible food" as in Soylent Green? Yummy I can hear my tummy....

[UnderseaLcpl]

Those are excellent and thought-provoking points, Neon. I never really thought much about the human diet.

[rubenandthejets]

Mmmmmm. "Long pig", anyone?

Reports from Papua New Guinea cannibals in WWII showed a preference for Japanese rather than European "long pig".

All that red meat in the average European's diet at the time compared to lots mostly rice and some fish in the average Japanese diet apparently makes a big difference in how your flesh tastes to the discerning cannibal.

[NeonSamurai]

Originally Posted by Frame57

Did you say "human edible food" as in Soylent Green? Yummy I can hear my tummy....

Heh no I meant grains and other stuff used in animal feed that humans can eat vs grass and hay and the like which we cannot.

Now one diet which humans have difficulty sustaining is the Vegan diet (only plant products, no primary or secondary animal products such as meat or dairy, or honey). It is difficult to manage without vitamin supplements. It takes a lot of effort and planning to stay healthy as a Vegan as you have to mix and match different foods to create the complete proteins, add calcium, iron, and other things which are more easily obtained in meat and dairy.

Personally I think the ideal diet is the traditional Chinese diet (with some dairy) which is mostly vegetables and beans and grains (rice) and a bit of meat and/or fish per day. Research has show so far that this diet is very healthy with low risks of cancer and other diseases associated with high meat intakes (also low in cholesterol and other bad stuff). It also helps limit exposure to all the stuff that is going on in factory farms with the hormonal, anti bacterial and other drugs which the animals are fed and injected with to increase weight gain and keep them alive in such unsanitary and horrid conditions long enough to slaughter (factory farms are another topic though). The other advantage is the Chinese diet is more sustainable.

[GoldenRivet]

Im a member of PETA

"People Eating Tasty Animals"