Argumentative Essay On Meat

In his article titled “Emotions, Truths And Meanings Regarding Cattle: Should We Eat Meat?” he states that eating meat is responsible for more greenhouse gases than transportation, land is destroyed through erosion by overuse, water and grain is wasted feeding animals instead of starving people, and fertilizers and pesticides used by farmers are ruining the environment (Korthals 625). Despite all this, Korthals stills believes there are many positive aspects of livestock farming that should not be abandoned. He says, “Do we not lose an important aspect of human–animal relationship, and livestock, when we reduce the use of meat to zero? Are pigs not just the animals par excellence to devour waste in a sustainable way? And when a cows eat grass, which no man can eat, will that not change the conversion?” (Korthals 627). Moreover, by taking advantage of the many useful things the bodies of livestock can offer us, the environment benefits and meat eaters benefit by gaining higher nutritional value than can be found in vegetables (Korthals 627). In

This study was conducted by M. L. Bradlee, M. R. Singer, and L. L. Moore for a journal on nutrition and dietetics. They found that

Consuming higher amounts of lean red meat had no adverse effect on lipid levels, particularly when eaten as a part of a dietary pattern, as characterized by higher intakes of fruits and nonstarchy vegetables. Girls with higher intakes of both lean red meat and fruit/ nonstarchy vegetables had slightly higher HDL-C levels, as well as the lowest LDL: HDL ratio. (Bradlee et al 295)

HDL-C stands for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, which is advantageous to the body, and LDL stands for low density lipoprotein cholesterol, which is bad for the body. In other words, consuming meat did not affect lipid levels, and combining a meat and vegetable diet actually benefitted cholesterol levels in the