What Would You Eat in Nature?

Summary from the book...
"Your Natural Diet: Alive Raw Foods"
by T. C. Fry & David Klein

What would you eat in nature? Considering various foods and our natural disposition

Despite our gross perversion of our instincts, they are still alive and well and will return to normal should we go back to the nature. Our natural foods, foods what helped us to develop us to our magnificence, contain all that we need to thrive on. So we should undertake the course which makes us the most we can be so that we can maximally serve ourselves and those who depend on us. We have to start with changing ourselves.This writing will will survey almost all the foods that humans, in their varied habits, eat. We consider each as possible food for ourselves as it occurs in nature without possibility to cook it or use any tools and containers. Remember, your instincts will tell you what is the right food for you, in order to do so, it has to appeal to your senses, your eye and your palate.

We believe, that our Mother nature served us correctly to start with, that what was right for us then, is right for us now. We are still structurally and physically the same. That we can still supply us, within our modern context, with natural foods.

Pertinent questions - the answers to which determine our natural diet

Are we herbivores?

Are we graminivores?

Are we root grubbers?

Are we insectivores?

Are we eaters of fermented and rotten foods?

Are we sucklings of animals?

Are we frugivores?

Are we vegetarians?

Are we nut and seed eaters?

Are we fat eaters?

Are we protein eaters?

Are we starch eaters?

Are we all the foregoing, that is, omnivores?

Are we herbivores?

Herbivores eat grass, weeds, leaves, stalks and stems. Does foraging for grass, leaves and herbs appeal to you? Do grass and weeds attract your eye, tantalize your sense of smell and excite your palate?

Of course it does not excite your taste buds because it cannot satisfy your needs. You do not secrete cellulase or other enzymes that break down these plants as herbivores do. Therefore body cannot have all what it needs by eating them, namely simple sugars which is body´s primary fuel. Rather, the processing and problems caused by their ingestion occasion a net loss of energies.

Of course humans consume some herbage such as cabbage family members (cauliflower, broccoli...), lettuce, celery etc. Plain, as they are in the nature, these vegetables do not appeal to us. They have some minerals and vitamins, but if we get enough of these nutrients from our natural foods, then these are not needed.

If we had to rely on them exclusively for our foods, we´d adjust somewhat, but we would slowly starve as they do not support our caloric needs. Though we will include vegetables in our dietary, we´re not vegetable eaters by nature.

Are we graminivores?

It means that we would live on grasses and their seeds though grass eaters are really called herbivores. Strict grain eaters are called graminivores. Mainly birds in nature live on grass and weed seeds. Grass seeds include wheat, oats, rye, barley, rice which we developed by human mastery of nature only within the last 10,000 years.

We would reject grass seeds in nature because they are in condition we can neither chew nor digest. Being heavy on starches we would gag on the amount of spoonful or two.

Grass seeds neither attract, tantalize nor arouse us in their natural state.

(Bread and grains, even whole grains, are extremely deficient in minerals, compared to fruits and greens. They're lacking in alkaline minerals like calcium. They are indeed some of the most acid-forming foods. Our physiology is not designed to handle the digestion of grains. The ptyalin enzyme in our mouth can only handle a small amount of starch (found in roots). Species that are graminivores (eaters of grains), like some types of bird, have a special stomach called the gizzard. What is a gizzard? It's a sort of second stomach that permits certain types of bird to grind hard seeds in order to digest them. With that type of strong stomach, they can even pulverize little rocks in no time. They swallow rocks to help grinding grain. Even needles, swallowed by some young birds, are broken into pieces, and rejected with no apparent damage. http://www.sunfood.net/grains.html)

Are we natural rood grubbers?

Animals that naturally grub roots have snouts. As most roots are starchy, rood grubbers secrete a plethora of starch-splitting enzymes, but humans secrete only one such enzyme, amylase, in very limited quantities. Humans dont like to eat dirt and are quite fastidious and refuse to eat anything that is dirt covered. Hogs and grubbers pass lots of dirt through their digestive tract. Without tools humans are very poor diggers. You can eat raw some roots, like carrots, beets and so on, but in practice today almost none are eaten raw, but in nature we would have to.

Are we insectivores?

There are humans who eat insects, specially grasshoppers and ants. But, by and large, humans would give insects a big "yuk" when it comes to eating them, especially in their raw state. For the gourmans who eat them they must fry them in butter or chocolate coat them, a way of saying they are not delicious fate in themselves. There are many birds and bats who live on insects, but no humans.

Are we carnivores?

A carnivore is an eater of carnage or flesh. Animals that live on other animals usually consume most of the animal, not only the flesh part. They also eat animals blood, guts with its partially digested contents, bones and gristle. They dont mind if theres any fur in their food or insects or dirt.

Dogs, for instance require about 1,700% as much calcium as humans, for animal flesh is extremely acid-forming. Blood and bones are required to offset the acidotic end materials. They also require about 1,200% more protein than humans. If you see the desire whit what carnivores eat their raw flesh and bones, you must note that it is quite delicious to them. Most humans would be repulsed just from the sight of it.

Do you relish the idea of crushing the life of a rabbit with your bare hands and teeth? Can you lick its blood with gusto, getting it over your face, hands and body? Would you dig into its guts with pleasure? Would you love to chew on its bones and gristle? Would you love to swallow chunks of its flesh, not minding swallowing some hair and parasites that might be involved? Would you lake to kill it and eat it still in its warm state?

Of course, you and any unperverted person loves animals as fellow creatures on earth. Killing and eating them raw is repulsive to you. When we do eat flesh, we hide it under condiments and cooking.

True carnivore secrete an enzyme called uricase to metabolize the some 59% uric acid in flesh. We secrete none. also we have very different physical abilities to digest meat as carnivores.

Are we eaters of fermented and rotten foods?

Big fraction of Americans eat fermented and putrefied substances that are called foods. When fats oxidize and decompose they become rancid and repulsive. Carbs ferment when decomposed by fungy (yeast) and bacteria. And proteins putrefy (rot) when decomposed by bacteria and fungy.

It is odd that we discard fermented grapes, but drink their fermentation end product called wine. odder still, that most Americans consume something that never occurred in nature, a pathogenic putrefactive product called cheese. Cheese represents about all the decomposition products in a single package: rancid fats, putrefactive products and fermentation products - it is a very poisonous combination of "food".

Cheese is made by taking the casein portion of milk and rotting it with types of bacteria that yield by-products that palates have come to treasure. that all these poisons going into the system cause anything less than sickness, diseases. Tumors and cancer is often the result. So are we eaters of fermented and rotten foods?

Are we sucklings of animals?

I doubt that humans ever directly suckled cattle, goats, mares, camels, sheep and other animals. And the idea to us is disgusting. While we can live on milks (certain Africans like Masai live substantially on milk and blood, thus reducing themselves to parasite status), these are by no means our natural foods. Milk-drinking as a regular part of our intake is only few hundred years old, with exception of certain African and Arabic peoples. Milk drinking is pathogenic. If milk drinking discontinued today, millions of people would not suffer sicknesses within a short period. In fact, when this alone was discontinued, the hospitals would virtually empty out and physicians´ waiting rooms would be mostly empty.

Are we frugivores?

Are we a species of fruit-eaters? Would you, in nature, eat ripe grapes, peaches, bananas, melons, apples, plums, oranges, mangoes, avocados, tomatoes, figs, berries and thousand of other fruits? Would fruits attract your eye, tantalize your sense of smell, and be gustatory delight in their raw natural ripe state? Would you prefer anything that occurs in nature to a juicy sweet watermelon?

Man has always had a love affair going with fruits. Even though all his perversions, he has continued to relish fruits. Fruits are natural food of humans and the only category ideally suited to all our needs. This does not mean we should totally and exclusively eat fruits in present circumstances, but it does mean, that in nature, thats all we ate by anthropological evidence scientists have uncovered. We humans are naturally fruitarians.

All the the requirements of our natural food are amply met by fruits. They have plenty of nutrients we need in quantities we require. We are biologically symbionts of fruit-bearing plants and in nature would eat very little besides fruits.

When ripened, fruits convert their carbohydrate components into glucose and fructose, simple sugars we can use without further digestion. Their enzymes convert their proteins into amino acids and their fats into fatty acids and glycerols. Thus, when we eat fruits, all we need to do is savor their goodness. The fruit portions, that is, mesocarps, were specifically compounded to attract biological symbionts. Fruits meet their nutrient needs rather ideally with predigested nutrients. For humans, no other food compares with fruits in satisfying all needs including, of course, our requirement for delicious soul-exalting fare.

Are we vegetarian?

Vegetarian is somebody who eats only plant-derived foods. It means anything and everything besides animal products.The word "vegetable" derives from the Latin vegetus meaning lively, exciting, animated. It does not mean specific type of foods other than those which enliven or sustain us in an energetic mode. Neccesarily, by this definition, fruits are high energy foods whereas vegetables are either low energy foods or have drawbacks. But typical present-day vegetarian includes also grains, tubers, roots, stalks and so on. But those who eat predominately fruits and can be called fruitarians can also correctly be called vegetarians.

Are we nut and seed eaters?

In nature there is no doubt that human consumed some nuts. But, our ability to break the nut shell, is limited. We do not have razor sharp teeth and tons of pressure per bite or jaw-power as have squirrels. We can crack some nuts with our teeth and using both hands, but its rather difficult to us.

Most nuts are delicious to us in raw state, but our ability to handle them are poor. Also digestion of nuts is a long process for our body, most often taking hours. Most nuts consumed today are cooked and shells already cracked open for us or we have tools to do so. Heated fats and proteins are quite pathogenic, even carcinogenic. Nuts should be eaten raw or not at all.

We can benefit by eating them, but if we eat too much we are likely getting too much protein and fats than we can readily handle. We are primarily carbohydrate eaters, not fat and protein eaters as nuts and seeds contain too much of them for us.

Are we fat eaters?

In nature there are very few fats we can get in any quantity without violating our biological disposition. Avocados, durian, olives, coconuts, nuts and seeds are heavy on fats. Avocados and durian furnish fats in a predigested state when ripe. Coconuts are easily digested in jelly-like form, but when matured and hardened, they are almost impossible to digest them.

We get predigested fats adequate to meet our fatty acid needs from fruits. An occasional avocado or seeds and nuts are quite satisfying. If we eat too much fat, sickness will result. For example Eskimos are very short-lived. They consume about 200 grams of protein daily incidental to their fat-eating and this places a great burden upon their organs, especially liver and kidneys. Because acid- forming properties of metabolized proteins, Eskimos lose their teeth at an early age and suffer severe osteoporosis. Eskimos eat primarily fish.

So we are rather incidental fat eaters, not biologically species of fat eaters. Fruits that have lots of fat in them are predigested when they are ripe so we can handle them with ease.

Are we protein eaters?

If you listen to modern doctors and nutritionists, you´d think that we´re in great danger of disease and even death if we fail to eat meat three times a day. But the truth is, that eating meat three times a day will result in the very conditions we are taught to fear. We are in no danger of protein deficiency, unless we eat 100% cooked food diet or if we consume too little calories.

If we must eat proteins, we must eat them raw to derive their full benefit. But proteins, per se, are not created as food. They are created by plant and animal life as components of organisms, seeds, enzymes, etc. Most proteins of this nature have toxic protective compounds.

From fruits we derive as much proteins as is present in mother´s milk for growing baby! Moreover, fruit proteins come to us predigested.

One more consideration: If we ate only proteins in their raw state we´d quickly become diseased and perhaps even suffer death! Why? Because various amino acids require from about 60% to 137% of their carbohydrate energy potential for their deamination and utilization. the net result will be starvation. There is one reason so much weight is lost by obese on protein diets. And the intoxication that results from putrefaction is the reason so many of these dieters become diseased with some dying.

Are we starch eaters?

Take a handful of grass seeds and start chewing. Or, try a spoonful of flour of any grain. You´d choke up on the first spoon of it as your starch license would speedily be exhausted. This will prove to you that we are not starch eaters in nature when we had not mastered fire.

When humans can freely eat starchy roots, grains and tubers such as cassava, taro, potatoes and wheat in their raw state to satiation and proclaim the experience a gourmet treat, then both you and I might accede that we are starch eaters.

Are we omnivores, that is, all of the foregoing?

Of course, humans are omnivores in practice with the aid of condiments, taste excitants, denaturalization by cooking, camouflaging seasoning, spices and so on. but, in nature, we could not do more than eat foods in season, and we´d have to eat them in the raw state on their own merits with our taste buds. In nature we were frugivores only.