Again and again, supporters of vegetarianism are confronted with arguments that the human organism is that of a meat eater and that vegetarianism is therefore unhealthy. 

 

Humans are omnivores, i.e. they lack the fangs typical of pure carnivores. The digestive system also indicates that humans have a preference for plant foods.

Moreover, the human body cannot produce vital vitamin C itself, but must absorb it from fruit and vegetables.

The history of mankind shows that there have been different eras with regard to food. For example, there was a time when people mainly ate plants, roots, seeds and fruit. In other eras, people ate more meat and obtained their vitamins and minerals from herbs, which had a higher concentration of nutrients than our modern vegetables.
A purely vegetarian diet is not a new invention of our time, even if it usually had other causes in the past. In the Middle Ages, for example, only rich people could afford meat, while farmers restricted themselves to a plant-based diet and used their livestock for labour. Slaughtering farm animals for food was uneconomical.

By using fire, humans were able to make meat more edible and easier to digest, but it still played a minor role in the diet.

A common misconception is that meat makes you strong and must therefore be eaten in abundance. However, it must be said that the quality of meat in prehistoric times differed significantly from that of our meat today. Today's slaughtered animals contain considerably more fat than the wild animals of our ancestors. Today's meat also contains fewer trace elements, vitamins and minerals, which means that we have to compensate for this deficiency.
Everyone needs to consume a minimum amount of calories in order to maintain their weight. These calories are divided into the various components of a meal. To get the same number of calories, a vegetarian eats more vegetables and carbohydrates. The meat portion of a meal will inevitably limit the intake of vegetables and carbohydrates, unless you eat more than the necessary calories. In other words, a vegetarian is most likely to consume more healthy nutrients with their meals, as the meat lover reduces the vitamin and mineral rich part of their diet in favour of meat, which, as described above, is rather low in nutrients nowadays.