Wheat, rice, rye, barley, oats....
... Darn! You should have told me that I can't eat that stuff sooner!

The truth is: our bodies and our digestive systems are extremely adaptable... I've heard the argument that meat is digested with secretions from our liver and pancreas and plants are digested by bacteria. That's partially true. But, regardless, we do digest them. And, those parts that we do not digest (fiber) aid in the whole process.

No, I think the argument that we were designed to eat meat (period) is half of the truth -- because we were also designed to eat plants.

Originally, we ate whatever we could find -- we were most probably scavengers. And, if a saber tooth tiger left a piece of meat on a bone, we would chase the vultures away and eat it. We would also eat plants. Whatever was available and whatever would keep us alive.

But, since our life span only lasted a few years past the reproductive stage, health and nutrition was not as much a concern as simply staying alive till tomorrow.

Today we have the luxury to choose and to debate over what we "should" be eating...