Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of meat eating, for the individuals and for the world. Eating steak, pork, lamb, fish, chicken, and duck applies to most human daily lives

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Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of meat eating, for the individuals and for the world.

Eating steak, pork, lamb, fish, chicken, and duck applies to most human daily lives. However, to what extent the advantages and disadvantages of eating meat influence us? Meat eating not only affects our health; it also has an effect on the environment, the morals, and the economies.

Meat contains a rich variety of nutrients like protein, vitamin B, iron and calories. These are important elements which contribute to a healthy body. Nevertheless, consuming too much meat would give a side effect. This could include heart disease, high blood pressure and obesity. In fast food restaurants such as McDonalds and Burger King, they tend to include meat in most of their menus and this brings a great danger of obesity. Therefore in the United States, where the fast food restaurants are most popular, the popularity of obesity examples is also very high on their newspapers. With a large population over consuming meat, the NHS could face a serious problem. The client waiting lists could become longer, increased social costs and negative externalities could occur. Hence, vegetarian diet could be suggested since it is