食用动物产品是人类疾病的常见病因。
Eating Animal Products, a Common Cause of Human Diseases.
机构信息
Department of Molecular Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Department of Molecular Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA,
出版信息
Microb Physiol. 2022;32(5-6):146-157. doi: 10.1159/000526443. Epub 2022 Aug 11.
The human population is plagued by hundreds of infectious agents that cause diseases, and many of these agents can infect a range of wild and domesticated animals as well. In fact, a large proportion of current pathological conditions in humans is caused by our close association with nonhuman animals, some of which we keep as pets, but most of which we raise, prepare as food sources, and ingest. It is well established that most of these diseases are caused by a variety of infectious agents, the most important being bacteria, viruses, prions, and protozoans. In this article, we shall consider these agents and discuss their transmission from various animals and animal products to humans. It is noted that virtually none of these agents are obtained by eating plant-derived products unless the plants are grown and prepared with contaminated water. Consequently, we suggest that Homo sapiens could avoid a significant fraction of the diseases that plague us by shifting to a more vegetarian diet.
人类种群受到数百种传染病原体的困扰，这些病原体可引起疾病，其中许多病原体还可感染多种野生动物和家养动物。事实上，人类目前的许多病理状况都是由于我们与非人类动物的密切联系造成的，有些是作为宠物饲养的，而大多数则是作为食物来源和摄入物饲养的。众所周知，大多数这些疾病是由各种传染病原体引起的，最重要的是细菌、病毒、朊病毒和原生动物。在本文中，我们将考虑这些病原体，并讨论它们从各种动物和动物产品向人类的传播。需要注意的是，除非植物是用受污染的水种植和准备的，否则食用植物源性产品几乎不会获得这些病原体。因此，我们建议智人通过转向更素食的饮食来避免困扰我们的许多疾病。
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