Tulsi Prajna 1994 10

SR No.: 524581
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Parmeshwar Solanki
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 152
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 7 MB

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limbs. The fossil 'man-apes' of South Africa structurally bridges the gap between man and his ancestors. Looking to feeding habits all biologically related mates of humans feed on plants and their products Man, Great Apes-Gibbon, gorilla, chimpanzee. Old World monkey-Baboons of Africa and Asia. New World monkey. Tarsioids Primates-Lemurs.
According to geological records, the human came on the earth in the holocene epoch of the quaternary period of the cenozoic era. It may be about 2 million years ago that human first touched the land. About 10,000 years ago man used to derive his food by collecting edible parts of the naturally growing plants and trapping small animals. The habit of living in groups and hunting bigger animals in an organised way was developed later on. The next stage in the civilisation was the beginning of organised agriculture. Body and Vegetarian Diet :
Man occupies the highest position in the animal kingdom according to organic evolution. The great-a pes like baboons, gibbons, gorilla, chimpanzee are the biological mates of the human (Homo sapiens). The gorilla is considered to be closer to man. The fossil 'man-apes' (Australopithecus) of South Africa structurally bridge the gap between man and his ancestors. All these biological mates of human are vegetarian in diet
Various structures in the human body support the idea that a vegetarian diet is the best for human beings. The structures are, large number of grinding teeth, big size with large internal surface of small intestine, secretion of digestive juices in large amount, need of ample roughage numerous tasts buds in tongue, etc. The strong digestive power necessary to digest a vegetarian diet is a gift of nature. The five pairs of premolars and molars teeth with 2-4 cusps are used for crushing solid foods from plants. Two pairs of incisore in front of each jaw are fit for breaking solid food into small pieces for crushing. A pair of canine teeth used for tearing is highly uced in human whereas canines are more well developed in car
es. The presence of about 9000 taste buds in human tongue
ed for testing different varieties of tastes available in vegetarian foods,
There are several digestive juices like, saliva witb ptylin, gastric juice with pepsin and rennin, pancreatic juice with trypsin, amylase and lipase and bile juice from liver. It is observed that an adult human produces about 1.5 litre of gastric juice, 1.5 litre of pancreatic juice and one litre of bile juice daily for proper digestion of hard and strong foods from plants. The presence of the thick