We are biologically herbivores. We cannot digest raw meat and we have to flavour it to make it appealing. Our digestion system, jaw, and other features are those of a herbivore, and we develop atherosclerosis from eating too much fat, unlike any non-herbivores.
We’re pretty poorly adapted to be herbivores. We can’t eat most plants at all, and we can’t eat most parts of most plants we do eat; because we can’t digest cellulose. Some staple foods require cooking; potatoes and beans for example. Many other plants, like spinach, are much easier to digest when cooked.
We are biologically omnivores. We can digest raw meat, however Homo sapiens has always had access to fire - unflavoured, blue, fillet steak is my favourite meal - delicious!
Plant based diet has been proven to slow and even reverse cancer, but there's no money in it. It will take time but slowly doctors are beginning to acknowledge that our biggest killers are the result of what you put in your body.
This is ignoring the real issue which is animal agriculture. If we ate the corn ourselves instead of feeding it to cows, we'd be using much less land, be healthier and of course, end the worst crime in history.
I highly recommend watching the documentary 'Cowspiracy'.
You don't need complete protein, only the 8 amino acids that our bodies can't synthesize. Any plant food contains more than enough of those amino acids.
