Omnivore and Vegetarians: What is The Best Diet Plan?

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The Vegetarians and Omnivores: What is The Best Diet Plan?
In the New York Times Bestseller: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Steven L.Hopp argues that “according to Consumers Union, over 70 percent of supermarket chickens harbored campylobacter and/or salmonella bacteria” (pg. 91). There are antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria now being found in the Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs).This means that a good portion of the meat supply that is available to us is tainted. Camille Kingsolver in Animal, Vegetable, Mineral states; “Cows and chickens that spent their lives in feedlots, fattening up on foods they did not evolve to eat, plus antibiotics, produce different meat from their counterparts that lived outdoors in fresh air, eating grass” (pg. 97). Which means, according to Camille Kingsolver, “all meat is not created equally” (pg. 97). How safe is the food that is available to us? Should we be eating meat at all? Are there other food purchasing options? These are just a couple of things to consider when deciding what is the healthiest diet. There are inherent dangers to being an omnivore in this 21st century so it may be healthier to be a vegetarian. Is it better to be a vegetarian or an omnivore? The best diet is neither vegetarian nor omnivore. Let us explore our diet options in America.
Bring up the subject of vegetarianism and you will usually find that people feel very strongly one way or the other about this topic. Some of this may in part be attributed to our primitive brain because as the movie Food Inc. points out, “We are hardwired to eat a diet high in fats, sugar, and salt” (Kenner). Primitive man, our ancestors, needed a diet high in protein, fats, and salt, in order to maintain the necessary muscle mass and...

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