Are we Omnivores?

Article on Omnivores

     The link above is an article I read on omnivores. Though it had interesting ideas based on what omnivores are, it did not have the correct facts. It stated that we as humans have the choice to be omnivore or vegetarian, and even though it was provegetarian, I could easily state why we were never meant to be omnivore. Therefor the "choice" it claims we have is filled with consequences.

But we can eat meat just fine
Biologically, humans are herbivores. The article compares our jaws to pigs, "a classic omnivore". But our jaws are quite different from that of an omnivore.
Omnivores have minimal side-to-side motion, short and pointed incisors, long, sharp, and curved canines, and they tend to swallow food whole, sometimes with very little chewing.

As for herbivores, they have a good side-to-side and front-to-back motion, broad, flattened, and spade-shaped incisors, dull/short or long, for defense, canines, and chew extensively.

Lets try to find out which category humans go. Humans have a good side-to-side and front-to-back motion, broad, flattened, and spade-shaped incisors, short and blunted canines, and chew extensively.

What makes an omnivore an omnivore?

Omnivore does not mean you eat half meat, half veggies. Omnivores eat mostly plants and occasionally eat some sort of meat (usually an insect). Humans that think themselves as omnivores end up eating more meat than an actual omnivore. Just because we are capable of eating meat doesn't mean we should. We could eat chalk if we wanted to, but we don't. Are cats omnivores? They are capable of eating plants and sometimes it ends up in their food, but no one would classify them as omnivores because they are simply carnivores. 

Advantages of a herbivore

Plant eaters have the longest lifespans. They worry less about heart disease, stroke, and cancer. Our own ancestors millions of years ago were mostly vegetarian. Less meat = more energy and more opportunities to explore the taste of natures best food; we were designed to enjoy such food!