Man vs. Gorilla. Is man an omnivore, a vegetarian, or a carnivore? Can we live a healthy life eating only plants?

Is the human digestive system efficient at digesting plants?

SLIM: If we were to compare, for example, meat and vegetables or plants, what would tip the scales?

Aside from the technical analysis of their composition, do you think that plants might be less assimilable, or even dangerous?

Or do you simply compare the benefits and select the most interesting ones?

JEREMY: The first thing I want to say is that I am not a carnivore, in the sense that I don't think we are made to eat only meat , I am not at all in favor of that idea!

I simply note and again, I will place myself from the point of view of naturopathy , because that is what I know...

Some naturopaths explain that we have a digestive system that is particularly efficient at digesting plants...

Which is completely false!

The argument that is put forward to support this is that apparently, we are close to the monkey because we have the same digestive system as it, so we should eat like it...

However, when we compare the two anatomies, it turns out that this is completely FALSE!

Monkeys, compared to humans, have a small intestine that is much shorter and a colon that is much longer.

The small intestine makes up the first part of the intestine and the colon, the second part, is where stools are formed before they go to the toilet.

In the colon, there is a whole population of bacteria that ferments fiber , that ferments everything that makes up vegetables and plants!

If you look at the stomach of monkeys, for example gorillas, they have a stomach that is extremely swollen...

For what ?

Because they are constantly fermenting these fibers in their colon , so they have gas!

For us humans, what happens if we eat a kilo of grated carrots?

Same here, we'll end up with a belly as swollen as a gorilla's and it'll be very unpleasant!

We, unlike monkeys, have a small intestine that is much longer compared to our size, and a colon that is much smaller.

The small intestine is where nutrients are assimilated , that is, where amino acids, fatty acids and carbohydrates pass into the blood to nourish us,

And what happens next in the colon is going to be the rest like fiber and everything that hasn't been digested.

So the human being is anatomically, much more wired to digest his food , to digest nutrients, to digest amino acids from meat, to digest fatty acids and glucose,

And the rest goes into the colon, where it ferments!

The monkey, on the other hand, does the opposite , that is to say, it ferments a lot in the colon.

What is the role of fiber fermentation in herbivores?

What people don't know is that the fermentation of fibers in the digestive system of monkeys, and not just monkeys, because for the cow, it's exactly similar, it

This fermentation will produce fatty acids.

So, when the monkey eats fruits and vegetables, it gets fat from them, so it has, in quotes, a ketogenic diet!

This is precisely the point that people fail to understand.

In animals that are herbivores like the cow, there is a fermentation that lasts more than a day , between 24 and 48 hours in its stomach and the cow has four stomachs, so it ferments like crazy!

In short, the cow farts all day long, that's it!

Whereas in our country, a stool is expelled on average within 24 hours , normally...

First of all, we don't have the capacity to fully ferment the box, but above all, we don't have the time to ferment everything...

The main difference is therefore in the digestive system and people who want to convince themselves of this only have to eat two kilos of celery, carrots or salad, to see how they feel afterwards...

They will end up with a huge belly!

So we talked about the theory, but now I'm going to talk to you about the practice...

The theory is all well and good, what I'm telling you, but if you eat your two kilos of grated carrots and you see that your stomach is swollen like a pregnant woman's belly, T

You'll see it for yourself!

You see what I mean?

SLIM: Exactly!

Thank you for your attention my move!

Nomad Slim
Founder of MOUVERS