#vegetarian #vegan #evolution Originally shared by Sean P. O. MacCath-Moran +Eve Volve: "Meat allowed us to evolve" Really? I think you're mistaken to believe this is a certainty, but what causes you to believe this is so, +Eve Volve ? As I understand it, there have been healthy, thriving vegetarians and vegans for as long as there have been humans. Some were so due to moral or ethical concerns, others due to resource utilization issues, others due to cultural taboos. All other factors being equal, the veg(etari)ans have thrived, and continue to do so. For some more recent historical examples of vegans, we can look at Pythagoras, the "Pythagoreans" (as vegans were called for the following 1300 years), along with a plethora of like-minded contemporaries (e.g. goo.gl/lgDBL ). Buddhists, Jainists, et al., have been doing grand as veg(etari)ans since around the 6th century BCE. Prior to this, there's compelling reason to believe that most people were veg...
If you do not use the water which comes out first you're pretty safe.
ReplyDeleteEven more important: only use the cold circle. There will likely be a warm water storage tank. If its anti corrosion anode isn't changed regularily you'll surely have more substances from that tank in your water than from the rest of the plumbing.
If you ever have the chance to see such a tank after just 10 years you'll never use the warm water for tea or cooking again ;-)
Quick search for an example: https://youtu.be/jFMvk-UC0Ic ;-)
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