Meat digestion

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40.14 ▶ Questioner: In dietary matters, what would be the foods that one would include and what would be the foods that one would exclude in a general way for the most or the greatest care of one’s bodily complex?

Ra: I am Ra. Firstly, we underline and emphasize that this information is not to be understood literally but as a link or psychological nudge for the body and the mind and spirit. Thus it is the care and respect for the self that is the true thing of importance. In this light we may iterate the basic information given for this instrument’s diet. The vegetables, the fruits, the grains, and to the extent necessary for the individual metabolism, the animal products. These are those substances showing respect for the self.

I've thought about this before, and it really begs the question: how is it that ~250M Indians are pure vegetarians, and hundreds of thousands to millions have existed for generations as pure vegetarians without health problems? It makes perfect sense if the 'animal products' Ra refers to non-meat animal products such as diary and eggs, or basically if Ra is recommending a vegan diet w/ some vegetarian components as necessary.Alternative, you could alternative answer the question by saying that Ra is referring to meat, and that it's special genetics among vegetarian-for-generations indians which have allowed them to live without meat for thousands of years.

I'm curious if there are other ways to reconcile historical vegetarianism on our planet for entire cultures over millienia with hundreds of thousands of people versus the concept that many people on earth need meat to physically survive (barring exceptional cases of course).