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Debate Score:58
Arguments:30
Total Votes:67
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Were humans meant to be omnivores.

yes

Side Score: 30
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no

Side Score: 28
4 points

We have canines, as far as I know, for tearing into meats, and we have molars, I also think, for for chewing plant matter. So yes, I believe we were meant to be omnivores.

Side: yes
RandomDude(1286) Disputed
1 point

but almost all primatse dont eat meat so that is what got me thinking

Side: no
Zareena(59) Disputed
1 point

of course we eat meat. i have had loads of people round to dinner

Side: yes

Well we adapted to eat meat. I know we used to have stomachs that could digest tree bark. Now we can't. Your appendix has no function anymore. Its vestigial. It still takes in blood and what not but it serves no purpose. It did release strong enzymes to break the tree bark down. Over time we have evolved to eat meat. Mostly because humans back then changed their diet. So now we are adapted to eat meat and we get most of our amino acids from meat. Veggies have amino acids too. So you may be right.

Side: yes
1 point

We are, so we must be.

Plus, people who try to stick to either meat or just veggies have issues with it.

Vegetarians need protein, vitamins, and minerals that they take tablets for in place of meat.

Carnivorous people get heart, and cholesterol problems.

When you balance it, you survive without pills or doctors.

Side: yes
AryaOne(217) Disputed
1 point

Vegetarians need protein, vitamins, and minerals that they take tablets for in place of meat.

I have been a vegetarian for 28 years and never took any tablet and am as healthy as a human can be. Kindly don't write things you aren't sure of.

Side: no
Querbert(204) Disputed
1 point

How do I know that's true. What I don know is true is that vegetables are not a good source of protein.

Side: yes
Querbert(204) Disputed
1 point

Take that!

Why would you need practice to do something that's supposed to be natural? That's like saying are humans meant to breathe air, because some people get away with breathing in smoke, yet the people that do have particular ways to do it right.

Side: yes
1 point

Why do you think our teeth are as they are? Molars for plants and Canines for meat. We were designed for both jobs.

Side: yes
1 point

Like someone else has already said we have evolved canines, which we wouldn't have if we were not evolved to eat meat.

Side: yes
1 point

I do have a semantic issue with the phrase "meant to be", however I'm going to assume it's not going to be an issue of debate here and just respond to the general statement.

Certainly. Humans can easily eat both meat and/or plants. And we have the option to be a carnivore or herbivore too if we so chose to be thanks to our modern technology. Humans have more options that will adapt to their lifestyle than ever before for diet. My taste buds and decision still leads to an omnivore lifestyle, and I'm alright with that.

Side: yes
1 point

Whoa man, you are saying humans are not "meant" to be omnivores!? Even though history proves that we're here BECAUSE OF OMNIVOROUS ACTIVITY!? FUcking please..

Give me an example that proves humans DID NOT progress with eating both meat and plants

Side: no
AryaOne(217) Disputed
0 points

Even though history proves that we're here BECAUSE OF OMNIVOROUS ACTIVITY!?

Pity you are poor in history. Man started being a carnivore, then when he discovered agriculture, it was a huge step in the evolution of mankind and he became a herbivore. If not for agriculture, the human specie would have been extinct like the dinosaurs.

It's a separate issue that greed and insensitivity led him to be a carnivore+herbivore.

Side: yes
Lynaldea(1231) Disputed
1 point

Poor in history? LOL

Humans prevailed by heating anything and everything they can get their hands on. Where are you getting your information that humans "STARTED BEING" carnivorous? Humans WERE ALWAYS omnivores, from the beginning...

Side: no

I dont think that we were meant to be omnivores because there are many plants and things that we could get all of our nutrients from instead of killing poor animals.

Side: no
Del1176(4975) Banned
0 points

You misspelt sexywhores.

Side: no
RandomDude(1286) Disputed
1 point

screw you troll!!!!!!!!

Side: yes
Del1176(4975) Disputed Banned
0 points

Point proven, you wanna screw me.

Side: no