Question: So if this was happening anyway, what was the statement you made to Noah all about?

“Any living creature that moves about shall be yours to eat; I give them all to you as I did the green plants. Only meat with its lifeblood still in it you shall not eat.* (Genesis 9:3-4)

God’s answer:

Meaning: God commanded them to cook their food- not to eat raw meat because during that time, they had to eat wild game that can have parasites, etc.

Question: But God, apes and other similar animals are not carnivorous? Why are we not like them?

God’s answer:

Question: Please confirm.

God’s answer:

Question: Why did they want us to eat the animals?

God’s answer:

Question: To confirm, so do you prefer us then to be vegetarians --- there are people who are able to do this and some people even say it’s a healthier lifestyle.

God’s answer:

Meaning: Sallow means: (of a person's face or complexion) of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color.¹⁹

God is referring to vitamin B12 deficiency, of which having a pale or yellow (jaundice-like) complexion may be a symptom of B12 deficiency.

This is what I have learned:

“ Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin. Water-soluble vitamins dissolve in water. After the body uses these vitamins, leftover amounts leave the body through the urine. The body can store vitamin B12 for years in the liver.

Vitamin B12, like the other B vitamins, is important for protein metabolism. It helps in the formation of red blood cells and in the maintenance of the central nervous system.

Vitamin B12 is found naturally in a wide variety of animal proteins. Plant foods have no vitamin B12 unless they are fortified. The body absorbs animal sources of vitamin B12 much better than plant sources. Non-animal sources of vitamin B12 vary in their amount of B12. They are not thought to be reliable sources of the vitamin.

A lack of vitamin B12 (B12 deficiency) occurs when the body does not get or is unable to absorb the amount of vitamin that the body needs. Low levels of B12 can cause: