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We do not need any animal products to stay healthy. We don't need meat, don't need fish and definitely don't need milk. Not consuming animal products is actually better for our health!

"There is no reason to drink cow's milk at any time in your life. It was designed for calves, not humans, and we should all stop drinking it today." -- Dr. Frank A. Oski former director of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University.

Natural Diet

We can eat meat and have needed to do so sometimes in our history in order to survive. However, the following points will show you that meat is not the necessary, perfect food for humans.

• Most of our teeth are flat for grinding grains and vegetables. They are not designed to tear apart raw meat. 
• Our hands are designed for gathering, not for ripping flesh.
• Our saliva contains alpha-amylase, and the sole purpose of this enzyme is to digest complex carbohydrates found in plant foods. It is not found in the saliva of carnivorous animals.
• Our intestine is long like that of other herbivores, in order to allow for the time needed to digest the nutrients found in plants. Carnivores have short intestinal tracts that rapidly digest flesh and excrete its remnants.
• Carnivores have a great capacity to eliminate the large amounts of cholesterol consumed in their diet. Our liver can only process and excrete a limited amount of cholesterol, which leaves excess to be deposited in our tissues.
• Carnivores lap up water and cool their bodies by panting. Like other herbivores, we sip our water and perspire to cool our bodies.

If we were true carnivores, our mouths would water by the sight of a piece of raw meat. However, in order to make meat tasty for humans, meat needs to be cooked and seasoned. A piece of fruit, like strawberry, apple or mango, is appealing to most people.

Our body is totally designed to digest plant-based foods, which are high in fiber and complex carbohydrates and only contain a moderate amount of protein.

Dairy

Cow's milk is not designed for human consumption. Whole cow's milk is designed to be the perfect food for the nutritional needs of calves. It is high in fat, protein and cholesterol, low in carbohydrates and contains no fiber.

Dairy products are the leading cause of food allergies. They contain more than 25 different proteins that may induce allergic reactions in humans. Lactose intolerance, the inability to digest the carbohydrate known as lactose found in milk, is common to about 90% of adult blacks and Asians. This condition causes symptoms like diarrhea, gas and stomach cramps.

Breastfed babies can get colic and other milk-related food allergies if the mother consumes dairy products. Colic is the common allergic reaction infants have to proteins found in cow's milk. They give the baby stomach cramps, which cause persistent fussing and crying.

So how do we get enough calcium? Check out my Eating Vegan page for more information.

Meat

Meat contains too much fat, too much protein and no fiber. Meat is the greatest source of fat in the American diet. Excessive quantities of fat consumed are linked to heart disease, cancer, obesity and diabetes. Too much protein can contribute to calcium leaching out of the bones. Lack of fiber can cause constipation, hemorrhoids, diverticulitis and colon cancer.

Too much protein is unhealthy, because our body does not store protein. The protein that our body does not need is broken down and excreted. However, for every molecule of ammonia or amino acid cleansed from the blood, the kidneys lose an atom of calcium through the urine. This is called "protein-induced hypercalcuria". The calcium that leaves the blood is taken out of the body's vital storehouse of calcium, the bones. This calcium loss over the years can cause osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is usually not caused by calcium deficiency, but by protein excess. Osteoporosis is most severe in the people who consume the most protein.

Fish

Eating fish or fish by-products is dangerous to our health.

Toxic wastes are poured into rivers and oceans and become incorporated into the biosystem. These poisons concentrate in the flesh of fish. A lot of Fish flesh has been shown to contain large amounts of heave metals (from industrial wastes), mutation-inducing hydrocarbons (from pesticides, herbicides, dioxins, etc) and radioactivity (from nuclear pollution). 

Fish flesh is very concentrated protein. Only 20 to 30 grams of protein are needed by our body each day. A large piece of fish flesh can contain more than 100 grams of protein. See above under 'Meat'  why too much protein is bad for the body.

Fish oils are also not good for our body, because they decrease the bloods' ability to coagulate to stop bleeding. Eskimos, who eat large amounts of fish, suffer high rates of hemorrhagic strokes, nose bleeds and epilepsy. This "blood thinning" property can be very dangerous for someone suffering a stroke, which occurs when a blood vessel in the brain bursts, and the blood fails to clot. Fish oils have also shown to inhibit the action of insulin. So fish oils are not good for diabetics.

Eggs

Egg yolks contain one of the densest concentrations of animal fat of all foods. It is made to give energy to a baby chicken for twenty-one days. When egg yolks are eaten, this concentrated fat comes into our bloodstream, raising our  cholesterol, which can clog our arteries.

Egg whites contain very concentrated albumin protein. This protein can contribute to calcium leaching out of the bones (see above under 'Meat''), leading to osteoporosis.

Besides the fact that eggs are not healthy for our body, they can also carry salmonella bacteria. There is absolutely no reason why we should be eating eggs.