Guest guest Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 I selected a variety of regular fruits and come up with 2000 kcals, 100 oz of water, and only 20 grams Protein. I do 120 oz water daily anyway, but I'd need to add a scoop of whey, or soy protein isolate, or egg whites to bring up the protein. Regards [ ] Vegetarian Gorillas One of the evolutionary differences between humans and other great apes was the reduction of the length of the intestinal tract. Through bipedalism and tool use, humans could get nutrient-dense foods like meats instead of fibrous, hard-to-digest vegetables. Have you ever looked at the stomach of a gorilla? Their abdomen is almost twice the circumference of their chest, although there are some very obese people for which this is also true. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YZF8hY__8ck/RibaMdN17eI/AAAAA AAABq0/mJkPGxDIreU/s1600-h/DSC_6911--Gorilla+sitting+en +ca.jpg Cooking foods to make them softer and more digestible also had an influence in reducing the length of the human digestive tract. The Neanderthals that preceded us had a bulky mid-section which was advantageous at the time because of the cold weather during the ice ages. They also introduced the use of fire 300,000 years ago. The use of fire was well established by the time that Homo sapiens appeared 160,000 yrs ago. It would be hard for humans to eat 25 pounds of vegetables a day. Modern vegetarian diets reduce the weight of food needed by using beans and grains which are more nutrient-dense than vegetables and fruits which have a lot of water. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 I have been eating more beans and grains and have been gaining weight much to my discomfort. If I add meat to the grains. I balloon up in weight rather quickly. How come my wife and I have to stick to mostly veggies to keep it down? We have a daughter-in-law vegetarian that eats twice as much as we do yet gains no weight. What's up with that? We tried the all fruit type of eating and that didn't work either. A few doctors talk about grains not being good for us or not optimal. The only thing we have come up with that works without feeling too uncomfortable with all the bloat from fiber is a few eggwhites, some apples and some tuna and salads and that is about it. With the grains I have gone back up 10 lbs. Eating like a gorilla has not helped with the bloat! Any help? Bob --- In , " jwwright " <jwwright@...> wrote: > > I selected a variety of regular fruits and come up with > 2000 kcals, 100 oz of water, and only 20 grams Protein. > I do 120 oz water daily anyway, but I'd need to add a > scoop of whey, or soy protein isolate, or egg whites to > bring up the protein. > > > Regards > > [ ] Vegetarian Gorillas > > > One of the evolutionary differences between humans and > other great > apes was the reduction of the length of the intestinal > tract. Through > bipedalism and tool use, humans could get > nutrient-dense foods like > meats instead of fibrous, hard-to-digest vegetables. > > Have you ever looked at the stomach of a gorilla? Their > abdomen is > almost twice the circumference of their chest, although > there are some > very obese people for which this is also true. > > http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YZF8hY__8ck/RibaMdN17eI/AAAAA > AAABq0/mJkPGxDIreU/s1600-h/DSC_6911--Gorilla+sitting+en > +ca.jpg > > Cooking foods to make them softer and more digestible > also had an > influence in reducing the length of the human digestive > tract. The > Neanderthals that preceded us had a bulky mid-section > which was > advantageous at the time because of the cold weather > during the ice > ages. They also introduced the use of fire 300,000 > years ago. The > use of fire was well established by the time that Homo > sapiens > appeared 160,000 yrs ago. > > It would be hard for humans to eat 25 pounds of > vegetables a day. > Modern vegetarian diets reduce the weight of food > needed by using > beans and grains which are more nutrient-dense than > vegetables and > fruits which have a lot of water. > > Tony > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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