Meat Consumption Background

     Meat can be part of a balanced diet contributing valuable nutrients that are beneficial to health. Meat and meat products contain important levels of protein, vitamins, minerals and micronutrients which are essential for growth and development. Further processing of meat offers the opportunity to add value, reduce prices, improve food safety and extend the shelf life. This can result in increased household income and improved nutrition.  

     Eating meat is part of the daily life of billions of people all over the world. Every day thousands of animals are killed for the production of meat food for people. However, studies have shown that meat is not essential for our existence and gives us nothing more than the other foods on the market. Meat consumption may not harm you or the surrounding environment immediately but there are consequences and sooner or later they will appear. 

     A meatless diet is healthier than a diet containing meat. According to surveys and examinations of the contents of the food products, meat contains more fat than non-meat foods. Since it is very difficult for our bodies to process high quantities of fat and it is being accumulated in our bodies, fat consuming causes many health problems. According to the American Heart Association, the fat in the food we eat should be no more than 30 percent of the total calories we consume daily. However, this is very difficult to achieve when meat is part of our daily meal plan.

This links speaks about how United Nations came out with a case study informing us that we need to cut down on meat.If we do not our planet we not be able to function properly with our diets high in meats and dairy. One can agree with the article when it mentions it's simplier to find alternive foods than alterive fossil fuels.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/02/un-report-meat-free-diet