Humans have evolved as omnivores. So obviously we eat both meat and plant mater as parts of our diet. However now I notice that many people, myself included, eat more meat than they do anything else. The reasoning is that meat fill you up so you aren't hungry as soon after your meal. Also meat tastes better. so since meat is available, why not eat it right? Wrong.
I almost did my research paper on the topic of why we humans need to get back to eating more plants. See the way it worked in nature before we developed farming, early humans ate what they could find and hunt for. so they didn't have meat to eat every night, they had plants. Berries, fruits, roots, edible leaves, wild vegetables, ect. They would go hunting but not always catch something or they would have to share it with their family groups or tribes or whatever. so the amount of meat they ate was minimal, on the other hand, the amount of plants they ate was substantial. Now however they is so much meat that we could, in fact, eat only meat if we chose to. There is so much that stores even have to throw some away because they can't always sell it all. Maybe if we cut down on the amount of meat we produce, we would have fewer problems.
Have you ever seen an obese vegetarian? I sure haven't. I'm sure there is one somewhere but I have yet to lay eyes on him or her. The way I see it is that fruits and vegetables can give us the nutrients we need in exchange for some of the meat we eat, and at the same time giving us essential fiber, vitamins and minerals. Now I am not an advocate of giving up meat. In fact I just had steak for dinner on Sunday. However I do think cutting down on portion sizes and replacing that meat with vegetables and fruits would go a long way in helping to reduce the issues that go along with commercial cattle farming and all the rest of it. And if you get hungry quicker after your meals, then shoot, eat an apple.
I agree that if we eat smaller portions of meat it would be better on our health and we wouldn't have to kill as many animals to meet the consumers needs. While I was watching the movie Food Inc. in class I came up with the idea of markets only being able to sell meat on certain days. That idea would benefit us because it would lead to us substituting meat for something else such as soups and salads without meat in them. Eating healthier would reduce the amount of obesity in America.
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