Acharya Prashant addresses common myths regarding human dietary history, asserting that while humans have long had the capacity to eat meat, they were primarily herbivores even as jungle-dwelling hunter-gatherers. He explains that scientific analysis of fossils and other rigorous evidence supports the fact that it was far easier for ancient ancestors to gather fruits than to hunt and kill animals. He refutes the argument that humans have always been prolific meat-eaters, noting that the current surge in meat consumption is a relatively recent phenomenon, emerging only about 200 years ago alongside industrialization and unscientific beliefs about nutrition. Acharya Prashant highlights that modern scientific data conclusively shows that meat and milk consumption can have harmful effects on the human body. However, he points out that this information faces significant opposition from the massive global meat and animal agriculture industries, which use their financial and political power to maintain the current momentum of meat-based diets despite the known health and historical inaccuracies.
