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Well, no food in nature was really designed to grow human adults. We've coopted the reproductive cells of thousands of plants, solely because we were hungry and there were calories there. Not because of design.

Nature is not out to help us be healthy, despite all the books written about it. A plant would gladly poison us (many try) if it's seeds would sprout better from our dessicated corpses.

I know! and so is eating honey! eating food designed for a baby bee to grow is wrong. /s

Just don't give honey to baby people.

Totally not what you were saying, I get that, but I think it's always a good public service type message to spread.

http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/honey-and-infant.html

That link doesn't mention the dental hygiene problems of sugar. So, even when your child is over 12 months it's probably a good idea to minimise the amount of honey they eat.

> Would you even drink human milk designed for human babies as a grown adult?

Well, no, but I wouldn't eat human muscle either... but I'll eat a cow's.

Yes, better to eat the eggs of another species before they become babies, like snakes do.

Some people do