Science Talk An army of the ancient Roman Empire had some food problems during the siege of Campo City, which caused many soldiers to become weak, and then they became emaciated, had severe diarrhea and dysentery, and even began to die in batches, as if they had suffered a severe famine. After investigation, the commander found that due to the tense military situation, the grain, grass, oil, and salt were all in an emergency, and only rabbit meat was given to the soldiers, and only rabbit meat was edible, and many soldiers had bulging stomachs before they died. The level of science and technology at that time could not explain this phenomenon, but in modern times, it has been discovered that there are many cases in history of "starvation" after eating rabbit meat for a long time.
Even the survival manual of the British Special Air Service Regiment even specifically mentions: rabbits are easy to catch, but don't eat only rabbit meat in the wild. This is because although rabbit meat contains extremely high protein content, the fat is pitiful, a two-kilogram rabbit can only dissect 50 to 100 grams of fat, and the fat content is only about 8%. In contrast, beef, pork or lamb can contain more than 30% fat. The fat in food is an important part of the energy we need in our daily life**, although such a low fat content of rabbit meat can bring people a sense of satiety, the energy provided can not meet people's daily needs.
And in the process of digestion, no matter what food people eat, they need to consume the body's own nutrients, so if you only eat rabbit meat, no matter how much you eat, you will still feel hungry after every meal, and you will have fatigue, headache and even illness, which is the so-called "rabbit hunger" or "protein poisoning". When only rabbits can eat, if you want to survive, you can't only eat meat, but also eat its brain, liver and eyes.
Rabbit hunger is a condition that occurs only in extreme environments, in addition to being very low in fat, rabbit meat is actually a very nutritious food, rich in unsaturated fatty acids and vitamins. And rabbits have actually made considerable efforts to climb onto the human table, especially in terms of fertility, a female rabbit can give birth at the age of 6 months, the female rabbit has two uteruses, and can be pregnant with the second litter at the same time when pregnant with the first litter of rabbits, and then give birth separately, 6 fetuses within a year, 6 to 10 rabbits at a time, all year round. Someone once calculated that a healthy pair of rabbits could have 61.5 million offspring at the age of 4.
If such numbers are left unchecked, in 90 years, there will be a rabbit for every square meter on earth. Of course, rabbits are not easy to raise, rabbits can not eat a lot of food, but the amount of food is very large, if the amount of feed is calculated, the amount of rabbit food is even more than a three-month piglet, but also love to exercise, and finally raised up the fat all by the exercise burned off, it is precisely because of these characteristics, a rabbit that looks fat and tender body fat rate is terrible low.
Therefore, eating only rabbit meat will indeed starve people to death, but to be precise, it is not from starvation, but from multiple symptoms before starvation. Because we need to know that the meaning behind eating is not only to fill the stomach, but also to store various nutrients in the food. If you only eat rabbit meat, or only eat the same food, your body will only "make ends meet", and even lead to malnutrition. A sensible diet can make people healthier, and eating only rabbit meat can have serious consequences.