What are some arguments that is it right or wrong to eat meat?

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2026-04-10 07:41

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Arguments that it is right to eat meat:

  1. Humans are omnivorous by nature. Eating meat and fish is natural for us. As omnivorous creatures, we are designed by nature to thrive on a wide variety of foods.
  2. In order for a human to do well when eliminating meat and fish foods from our diets, we must learn about alternate sources of the proteins needed for health. In other Words, when altering the natural diet, there is a lot to know about the balance of nutrition in an alternate (vegetarian) diet.
  3. Modern humans have too many resource that allow them to indulge in an excess of one or more foods that should be consumed in moderation. Overindulgence is is not necessarily 'fixed' by eliminating animal sources of protein.
  4. The cruel treatment of animals raised for human consumption is not a result of humans desire to consume meat. It is, in fact, the result of the way some humans conduct business, some care and some do not. The ones who do not care for the well being of the animals in their charge are a normal part of the human spectrum of behavior that exists in every human endeavor. People whose prime motive is profit above all else can be found in any industry.
  5. Poultry, fish and even red meat (but red meat can be optional) is an Excellent source of protein and the brain needs protein as well as the muscles of your body, etc. Certain types of beans can give you protein as well as cheese, etc.
  6. We are told about the Bird Flu, Mad Cow Disease, and Mercury in fish. Your body has an immune system that will usually fluctuates with the changing of most foods.
  7. My husband and I, not to mention many of our friends eat chicken, pork, red meat, fish, etc., and so far we haven't grown any horns or had any ill effects. Don't let the media scare you into believing you have to fear eating meats.

Arguments that it is wrong to eat meat:

  1. The meat industry feeds hormones and antibiotics and heaven only knows what else (cloning is in the near future) to mass produce more meats and poultry. Now, in Canada they are farming fish and there is not proper data that this is a safe way to raise fish and people fear that if they get out in the ocean they will infect the natural fish. When there is more studies done into fish farming then one can look at it more rationally.
  2. "A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral." -Henry David Thoreau, On Civil Disobedience.
  3. Humans consume far more meat products than are healthy for them; meats that are produced in unhealthy ways.
  4. Every nutritional substance necessary for optimum human health can be found in plant-based foods. Since it is not necessary to torture/kill animals for nutritional reasons, to do so is to act immorally.

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