colon cancer is not "rampant" amongst meat eaters. I'd like to see some sources for your claims. Also, humans did not start eating meat when they started cooking. We consumed raw meat before we developed cooking and our brains developed into what they are today as a result of eating meat. We were able to hunt this meat by bait and trap. http://www.npr.org/2010/08/02/128849908/food-for-thought-meat-based...
Also, there are cultures where humans run for long periods of time in order to induce an animal to have heat stroke and therefore die, such as the Tarahumara. and they are able to do that because they run barefoot. Humans do not need sharp teeth and claws to hunt.
and if meat is so bad, please explain of the terribly unhealthy vegetarians I know? Such as my vegetarian friend who is dangerously anemic, or my obese vegan friend. Or how about my vegan friend who is diabetic?
and look at cultures such as the Inuits. they eat a diet of primarily meat, due to their location, and yet they don't have heart disease and their cancer rate is extremely low. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=774f6379-ecd4...
Cancer is common amongst WESTERNERS. Do you know why? Not because they eat meat. It is because they eat meat from animals raised in CAFOs, injected with hormones and antibiotics, and fed inappropriate food such as grain. They drink milk from these same cows, milk treated with rBGH and then pasteurized and the fat reduced creating a nutritionally dead drink laden with chemicals and hormones. They eat vegetables from GMOs and sprayed with countless pesticides. Their diet is made up of mostly grains, which provide little nutrition, but a lot of carbs and sugar and lots of health problems. This is particularly true for gluten containing grains such as wheat, rye and barley who cause malabsorption and leaky gut syndrome.
Westerners have cancer because they drink chemical laden water, inject themselves with insane amounts of toxins via vaccines, take more prescription meds than anyone else. They have cancer because they slather their skin and hair with toxic products that contain parabens, sulfates, etc. They are more prone to sickness because women are LIED to and convinced that formula is equal to breast milk and therefore, our breastfeeding rates are low because most women don't even try. Westerners are sick because of a lack of exercise and sun. They are sick from drinking water from plastic bottles that contain BPA and BPS among other things. They are sick because they wear aluminum laden deodorant and fill their homes with carcinogenic fumes from crap like Febreeze. Because they clean with toxic chemicals and fill their clothing with chemicals from detergents. They are sick because they are stressed and anxious. They are sick because of the way they were born. A csection rate of 34%!!!! Csections do not allow for proper colonization of gut bacteria, bacteria that enter the fetus via the birth canal. If nothing is done to correct gut flora, problems will arise! They are sick because they do not consume any fermented foods, and because they never detox. They are sick due to lack of sleep. Even the fluorescent light bulbs are toxic!
The problem is not meat. It is the overall lifestyle, from the quality of food including meat, to toxic products, to the birth and childhood experiences. The solution is not as simple as eliminating meat from your diet.
By the way, I am not in any way saying that being vegetarian or vegan is wrong. If it makes you feel healthy and energized, go for it. But it is not the best thing for everyone. There are many people who have experienced sickness while being vegetarian and feel much better eating a grain free meat heavy diet such as the paleo diet. there are many people who fall in between and feel better with mostly vegetables and some meat, such as myself. I think a good idea is to look at your ancestors. Is your family from an area where vegetables are the main source of food, but meat is used sometimes (like mine.) or are they from an area where meat was very important, such as the cold regions in Canada, Scandinavia, etc?
One way of eating is not the right way for everyone. This is true for any "diet" whether it's the Standard American Diet, the Weston A Price way of eating, or vegetarianism.