Why do we have canine teeth?
NARELLE BOSWORTH: In regards to the comments contained in “Not designed to eat meat” (InDaily, Letters, July 1, 2013), why then do we have canine teeth and eyes that face forward as other hunters/predators do? Vegetarian creatures’ eyes are on the sides of their head and they do not have canines (small or large) to tear meat.
Early man used their instincts and, difficult as it was to obtain meat in those days, they still put in a lot of effort to get it.
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One can be healthy without it, but for westerners who have not grown up eating soy bean products or quinoa (the only non-animal forms of complete protein), it can be tricky. Many people I know struggled for years with meat and egg free diets because of this.
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