It\u2019s true that human beings evolved the ability to digest a wide range of foods including meat, but this isn\u2019t the same as needing meat for survival.<\/p>\n
Rather than worrying about what our ancestors ate, the more important question is whether it\u2019s possible for a human being to get all their necessary nutrients as a vegan. Happily, it is \u2013 and the only supplement required is B12.<\/strong><\/p>\n This vitamin is present in animal products, but it isn\u2019t made by the animals themselves, it\u2019s created by bacteria that live inside them. The B12 used in vegan supplements or fortified foods such as Marmite is made by \u2018farming\u2019 the bacteria directly and harvesting the vitamin, so it\u2019s the same substance made in exactly the same way.<\/p>\n Hardly unnatural \u2013 or in any case, no more unnatural than any other use of microorganisms in food production (bread, cheese, yoghurt, wine, beer\u2026. you get the idea).<\/p>\n There are a lot of ways in which non-vegan food may be considered unnatural, for example the consumption of the milk of another species, so it\u2019s probably wise to ditch the concept of what\u2019s \u2018natural\u2019 (you\u2019re reading this on the internet after all!) and simply concentrate on getting all the right nutrients.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s true that human beings evolved the ability to digest a wide range of foods including meat, but this isn\u2019t…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":84680,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[652,655],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-en-us","category-food-en-us"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n