Everyone Shouldn't Be Vegetarian

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In the year of 2012, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated that Americans ate an average of 52.3 pounds of beef, 57.4 pounds of chicken and 43.5 pounds of pork per person.(citation?) Only 5% of Americans are vegetarians and with that much meat eaten by Americans, in one year alone why should you to forced to become vegetarian? With meat being the main staple in the Americans diet there is no reason we should take that of the table. That fact alone shows that most Americans’ diets are made up of meat sources. According to the United States Census Bureau (USCB) the U.S. population was 313.8 million; meaning that 16 billion pounds of beef, 18 billion chicken and 13 billion pounds of pork was eaten by Americans alone in one year. People should eat meat as they have been doing for the past 2.3 million year.
Eating meat has been an essential component of human diets and throughout the history of humanity. Since our ancestors discovered meat, we have been eating it ever since. It has benefited they human body in many ways beyond just satisfying hunger. It has inspired evolutionary enhancements to our teeth, jaws, mouth, insides, brain and even the tools that we use on a day-to-day basis. These changes are interconnected, thus have made our body more efficient as a whole. It started with the change to our gut. Now that humans had meat to eat, it made our stomach and intestines smaller because we didn’t need a huge vegetable processor anymore. With this change it gave our body more energy so we can exert more energy building a bigger and strong brain. This made our ancestors smarter, and lead to the inventions of the numerous tools we use on a day-to-day basis. An example of one of those tools is the grinder. Your t...

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