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Recently, whether to eat animal products or not has been one
of the controversial issues. While some people think it is unrighteous to consume
animals as well as dairy products such as egg and cheese, the others believe it
is natural to eat these. In this essay, I will discuss both perspectives and
present my opinion.
Firstly, animal products have been a good source of various nutrients
to our body. Historically, humans begun to hunt animals and eat them when we
learned to use tools, thus is it natural to continue consuming animals. Through
the consumption, humans have become stronger and healthier due to diverse
nutrients that were not able to gain enough from plants, such as protein. Furthermore,
animal product supporters would not want to give up the countless food options
and their eating habits. Humans have invented different ways of cooking animals
and many people enjoy tasting them. It will be difficult to change individual’s
food selections they have already tasted and liked.
By contrast, many vegetarians argue that same nutrients can
be obtained from green substitutes, thus it is unnecessary to kill animals.
They think raising animals to consume them is a cruel and non-humanitarian behavior,
because they also are a living creature and have rights to live freely without human
control. Moreover, it is environmentally harmful to raise animals and operate
the farms. For example, a study claimed that a large amount of carbon emission
is caused not only from cars, but also beef farms.
Although some people might think it is wrong to eat animal
products due to animal rights and environmental destruction, I believe it is
natural to eat animal products. Humans have historically gained necessary nutrients
from animals, and the joy of diverse food options are irreplaceable by plant-based
products.
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