I'm not a biologist , so my argument may indeed be imperfect. But I think if we weren't supposed to eat meat, we would not do well at all on a diet that contains meat.

I think a lot of the modern diseases we are seeing today are not the result of humans eating meat as such.

We have been eating meat since the Stone Age. Even chimpanzees eat meat on occasion. Other herbivores have been filmed eating meat.

It is a useful store of calories, vitamins and minerals - a valuable food source.

The difference in humans, particularly in western societies, is the way in which their food (meat) is grown. Livestock no longer graze as they naturally would. They are housed in factories and fed all kinds of chemicals to make the grow bigger, faster etc.

It's this way of farming, I think, that makes meat bad for you.

I'm not suggesting we should all be having large steaks for dinner each night from free range cattle.

I think meat should be seen as a supplement to a meal, which is mostly veggies.

And you don't need meat with every meal.

I can't speak for all of mankind, but I do know how my body feels after eating a good meal with high quality meat that has been prepared and cooked well, and eaten in lively pleasant company.

I also know how my body reacts to poor quality meat, and how that makes me feel.

It would seem to me that I am not adapted to eat cheap and nasty food filled with poisons. :-)