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Humans and pre-humans have been eating meat for millions of years.

Our bodies are well adapted to meat consumption and we are perfectly capable of making full use of the nutrients found in meat.

In fact, our digestive systems don’t resemble those of herbivores at all.

We have short colons, long small intestines and plenty of hydrochloric acid in the stomach to help break down animal protein.

Also, the lengths of different parts of our digestive systems are somewhere in between the lengths typical for carnivores and herbivores, indicating that we are naturally “designed” to be omnivores.

The fact that vegans can’t function without B12 supplements or B12 supplemental foods is also a pretty strong argument for these diets not being “natural.”

Studies suggest that our consumption of animal foods helped drive the evolution of our large brains.

Also, hunter-gatherers ate lots of meat. Our genes were shaped in an environment that included plenty of animal products.

The truth is… humans function best eating both animals and plants. Period.

Bottom Line: Humans are naturally omnivores and function best eating a combination of animals and plants. This is reflected in the anatomy of our digestive system.