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Comment author: DanArmak 23 February 2014 04:49:13PM 5 points [-]

It implies that vegeterian diets are harmful and/or suboptimal in all kinds of unforeseen ways, because we haven't evolved to tolerate them, let along optimize for them.

Comment author: [deleted] 24 February 2014 06:08:21PM 1 point [-]

I take your point, though I don't think I'd go so far as to say that the fact that our ancestors were dietary omnivores implies that vegetarianism is sub-optimal. Our evolutionary history is not by any means sure to provide us with optimal dietary behaviors or digestive processes.