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Originally Posted by Phage
I wasn't talking about the cost of the components of the diet, but about the overall cost. Suppose a restaurant has two evenly priced meals, one with meat and the other without; while they might cost the same the overall nutrition is probably not the same. To give you an example from nature look at cows and tigers. The cow, being an herbivore, spends all day grazing on plants. The tiger on the other hand would make a kill every 8 or so days (6-5 with 2 cubs) and pretty much sleep or whatever the rest of the time.
Why is this? Overall, feeding a population can be done efficiently with plants but for the individual it is more convenient to eat meat sometimes.
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The problem is that humans don't seem to work this way. We can't just have one serving of meat a week, then be done with it, no matter how large the portion size is. Though it may be a bit more complicated to just eat protine infused foods throughout the day. (such as soy cereal with breakfast, eggs with lunch and tofu with dinner) I believe (though, I may be wrong here) that it also adds energy throughout the day instead of in one big lump.