VGurcu
Well-known member
Otis,
It is hard to find gastric ph data for carnivorous animals. I found some information claiming that human gastric pH can reach 4-5 when food is present in the stomach, which goes back to ph 1-3 as HCl increases.
However I am not gonna dig that subject and lost in the details any further, because I came to conclusion that it doesn't matter if the humans are anatomically carnivorous or someOtherOrous. I do not need the nature's approval to decide what kind of diet I should follow. There are other scientific studies helping us finding the best diet that suits our lifestyle. Best knowledge comes from experiment, and our bodies are quite tolerant to various diets as we try out.
As a final note I'd like to point out another reason to balance your diet with whole foods & lots of vegetables: Colon health.
While everybody is focused on heart health, as we speak colon cancer has risen to 2nd place in the leading cause of the cancer deaths in the US.
There is another disease hits the colons nobody knows but effects more than %50 of the entire population (above 60 yo) in US: Diverticular disease (DD)
It is directly associated with fibre deficiency which vegetables have plenty.
In the link below(on page 3) you'll find a study from Greece compared people who frequently consumed vegetables but rarely ate meat with people who frequently consumed meat but rarely ate vegetables. Risk of developing DD was almost 50-fold higher for meat eaters. They also found chicken & fish didn't increase the risk of DD.
http://www.cfp.ca/cgi/reprint/48/10/1632.pdf
So eat your organic meat(especially fish) with plenty of organic vegetables for a healthier life... That simple.
It is hard to find gastric ph data for carnivorous animals. I found some information claiming that human gastric pH can reach 4-5 when food is present in the stomach, which goes back to ph 1-3 as HCl increases.
However I am not gonna dig that subject and lost in the details any further, because I came to conclusion that it doesn't matter if the humans are anatomically carnivorous or someOtherOrous. I do not need the nature's approval to decide what kind of diet I should follow. There are other scientific studies helping us finding the best diet that suits our lifestyle. Best knowledge comes from experiment, and our bodies are quite tolerant to various diets as we try out.
As a final note I'd like to point out another reason to balance your diet with whole foods & lots of vegetables: Colon health.
While everybody is focused on heart health, as we speak colon cancer has risen to 2nd place in the leading cause of the cancer deaths in the US.
There is another disease hits the colons nobody knows but effects more than %50 of the entire population (above 60 yo) in US: Diverticular disease (DD)
It is directly associated with fibre deficiency which vegetables have plenty.
In the link below(on page 3) you'll find a study from Greece compared people who frequently consumed vegetables but rarely ate meat with people who frequently consumed meat but rarely ate vegetables. Risk of developing DD was almost 50-fold higher for meat eaters. They also found chicken & fish didn't increase the risk of DD.
http://www.cfp.ca/cgi/reprint/48/10/1632.pdf
So eat your organic meat(especially fish) with plenty of organic vegetables for a healthier life... That simple.
