While browsing on the internet I found information about the Primal diet by Aajonus vonder Planitz. Some of his claims seem really far out there, so I'd like to test the validity of his theories.
If you have any evidence in favor or against these theories please post.
This is taken from one of his books:
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Why we should avoid all vegetables -
-Our intestines are 2˝ times shorter than most herbivores.
-We have only one stomach, while herbivores have 2-4 stomachs.
-Herbivores have nearly 60,000 times more enzymes than we have to disassemble cellulose (plant fiber) to obtain the fat and proteins from vegetation and grain.
-Vegetable fiber passes through an herbivore’s digestive system in about 48 hours. In our digestive tracts, vegetables complete their journey in 24 hours. Only a fraction of the cellulose is digested.
Why We Should Avoid ALL Grains, rice beans etc., mainly because we dont have a GIZZARD for digesting grain ...
Our gastrointestinal tract is not like that of birds. Birds can eat a lot of grain (seeds) and digest it with their gizzards. We do not have a gizzard or an alternative way of eating grain that is health-giving. We cannot properly digest grain for cellular reproduction and healing, even if sprouted. Sprouted grains are vegetables. As stated above, we do not digest vegetables well. Germinated seeds contain enzyme suppressors that prevent proper protein digestion, utilization and assimilation, causing protein deficiency.
WHY We Should Eat Meat
Carnivores, such as cats and dogs, mainly eat meat. Our digestive juices are most similar to carnivores. In their stomachs, the hydrochloric acid concentration is 15 times greater than in humans so that they digest meat in 10 hours, which accommodates their very short intestines. Humans, however, produce an equal amount of hydrochloric acid throughout the stomach and intestines combined, allowing raw meat and other raw animal products to digest easily and efficiently in our much longer digestive tract within 16 hours.
(Cooked meat takes 24-36 hours to digest accompanied with putrefaction, heterocyclic amines, acrylamides and lipid peroxides not found in the digestive tract when raw meats are eaten.) Our teeth are designed for cutting and crushing meat with the help of our dexterous hands. |