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 Unpopular opinion. Humans never ate meat as an "ancestral diet". We were fucking foragers till we were able to secure a consistent meat source in farming. Can you imagine taking out wild animals that can risk your life for just your family to starve? Alot of advancements and selective breeding lead to us being able to have meat as a part of our diet. Both agriculture and animal husbandry have allowed us to grow as a population and achieve "unnatural" life spans and body types (while also advancing our technology). Sorry but the bs of meat only diet or vegetarian only diet being an answer it isnt it. Chemicals and unnatural processes are poisoning us. Dont subscribe to an ideal and be blinded to the bigger picture. We are meant to be omnivorous of food and information. We never settle on any source. 
 Source? 
 Primitive anthropology and human history. You eating raw rotting dino meat or your up for tasking down a later animal with the high chance of starving? Early african people adapted to literally gather and hunt meat by tiring out animals vs fighting (which no animal stays on a losing battle). 
 "The science" 
 I am not here to do research for you. Go look for your self. Neither a carnivore diet nor a vegetarian diet have had any proven benefits. It is better to eat an omnivore diet vs one or the other. Like I said don't subscribe to an idea and expect others to convince you otherwise. That's called being a sheep. 
 My B! I thought the point of your note was to convince your readers of your position! 
 Nah I already have to teach enough people haha. I am just bringing my opinion to the table. I rather encourage people checking my opinion and looking into a topic themselves vs someone spoon feeding second hand information. 😃