>-----Original Message----- >From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 2:58 PM >To: Killer Bs Discussion >Subject: Re: World cancer death rates have increased by 35% >from 1987 to >1995 says WHO, and they'll double again by 2020. > > >At 04:27 PM 6/7/03 -0400, Han Tacoma wrote: > >>My personal opinion (I'm omnivore -- I love my burgers, >>veggies, fish and most anything you put in front of me) is >>tigers, dogs, cats, and other carnivores (other than h�man) >>IIRC have short digestive tracts i.e. a tiger is about 5 ft. so >>the meat in goes out quickly before rotting. >>Vegetarians have longer (a lot!) digestive tracts.
>From http://www.beyondveg.com/billings-t/comp-anat/comp-anat-5b.shtml "The surface area of the digestive system may be less important than the retention time of food in the gut [Richard 1995]. Milton and Demment [1988] analyzed the digestion mean transit time (retention time) of different types of foods in chimps and humans. They found that lower-quality foods (high-fiber, low-energy) passed through the system faster than higher quality (usually low-fiber, high-energy) foods. Reducing the transit time for lower-energy/lower-quality foods is apparently a survival tactic, as it supports increased intake of lower-energy foods (to meet energy requirements) when necessary." and... Found this little "nugget" on the net. ;-) "The sportive lemur (Lepilemur mustelinus), a very small folivore, engages in coprophagy--it eats its own feces, for a "second-stage" digestion. This 2-stage process may increase the energy value of the lemur's diet [Richard 1995]" So know you know the greek term for "Eat Shit"! Use accordingly. Nerd From Hell > > > >The reason that obligate carnivores have shorter digestive tracts than >obligate herbivores is that a kilogram of meat contains more >energy than a >kilogram of vegetation (especially grass/leaves), and in a >more accessible >form. Because most mammals cannot digest cellulose, in order >for them to >make use of the nutrition in vegetation, the cell walls have >to be broken >down mechanically, either by a gizzard or by regurgitating the >vegetable >matter to be chewed again (or both). > > > >>When >>the veggies stay there for a while they tend to fart, >>while there is no evidence based research that the rotting >>meat causes cancer, there does seem to be anecdotal >>research suggesting such. > > > >Other than the late-night commercials I have heard claiming that, and >offering to sell a product which will clean out your colon? > > > >>Has anybody checked who farts more?, their dogs and >>cats, or their rabbits and cockatoos?, horses and cows? > > > >FWIW, humans produce about one liter of methane per day. > > > > >-- Ronn! :) > >God bless America, >Land that I love! >Stand beside her, and guide her >Thru the night with a light from above. > From the mountains, to the prairies, >To the oceans, white with foam... >God bless America! >My home, sweet home. > >-- Irving Berlin (1888-1989) > > >_______________________________________________ >http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
