It implies that vegeterian diets are harmful and/or suboptimal in all kinds of unforeseen ways, because we haven’t evolved to tolerate them, let along optimize for them.
I take your point, though I don’t think I’d go so far as to say that the fact that our ancestors were dietary omnivores implies that vegetarianism is sub-optimal. Our evolutionary history is not by any means sure to provide us with optimal dietary behaviors or digestive processes.
It implies that vegeterian diets are harmful and/or suboptimal in all kinds of unforeseen ways, because we haven’t evolved to tolerate them, let along optimize for them.
I take your point, though I don’t think I’d go so far as to say that the fact that our ancestors were dietary omnivores implies that vegetarianism is sub-optimal. Our evolutionary history is not by any means sure to provide us with optimal dietary behaviors or digestive processes.