Eating Meat Persuasive Essay

Eating meat has been around as a way to survive for millions of years. Eating meat was a way to survive because it is full of protein. Humans have improved in so many ways since then. They now know how to successfully survive and we no longer have to hunt for our next meal we can go right to the super market. The food industry is so big, they are now making food that we shouldn’t be eating. Food high in sugar and bad fats are not good for our bodies. The meat industry is also thriving. The way beef is raised has become inhumane and unhealthy for humans to eat. People should be cutting beef out of their diets because it is harmful to the health of humans, harmful to our environment, and is not an efficient use of our natural resources. Eating beef

There is a compound found in red meat called carnitine. Carnitine is produced by the liver and kidneys, it is what gives us energy (Editor in Chief). Bacteria in the stomach digests the carnitine and turns it into trimethylamine N-oxide. A study was done on mice and revealed that trimethylamine N-oxide may be causing atherosclerosis (Editor in Chief). When people get atherosclerosis it means their arteries are hardening and narrowing which then leads to heart attacks from reduced blood flow (Atherosclerosis). It has been brought to people’s attention that the meat industry has been using “meat glue” also known as transglutaminase. They use it to mold two or more pieces of meat together to make it bigger. One big problem with using this meat glue is that it is increasing the risk of the meat to be carrying harmful bacteria such as E. coli. “One can actually take a microscope and see introduced E. coli O157:H7 along the glue lines where meat pieces were enzymatically attached, which shows that the restructuring process can translocate fecal matter surface contamination into the interior of the meat” (Michael