Meat And Poultry Consumption An Important Part Of Our...

To feed 316 million Americans, meat has been an important part of our diet and nutrition segment of U.S agriculture. In 2012, total meat and poultry production reached more than 93 billion pounds. There are 6,278 federal inspected meat and poultry slaughtering and processing plants in the U.S (Harrison, 2015). American men eat on average 6.9 ounces of meat per day and women eat 4.4 ounces. Even though we consumed and processed extensive amount of meats for consumption, we tend to overlook important facts on why eating meat is wrong. According to Doctor Wein, Chief of Science Communication Branch in National Institutes of Health (NIH), â€Å"eating red meat on regular basic may shorten your life span†. He wrote this article in attempt to show†¦show more content†¦I had a harder time to breath when walking, even harder when running. Next I would snore during sleep time and sweats without even doing anything. My body was place on burden by the excessive intake of red me ats. It hard to go places when your heart can not pump fast enough bloods to get to your muscles and lungs in order to get your body moving. As a result, many people die from heart diseases which is the number case of death in United States According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) in 2012 acquired health statistics. In addition, â€Å"the International Diabetes Foundation rated the United States as one of the highest nation in developing world in terms of 10.75 percent of adults , which is one out of eight adults suffers from type 1 or type 2 diabetes in 2015† (Lisa, 2015). Next, Doctor Wein describe in his paper a study performed by Dr. Frank Hu of Harvard University of Public Health with his research team whose conducted a large sample studies to see the association between mortality and red meat intake to support his opposition. â€Å"They studied over 37,000 men from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (began in 1986 to 2012) and over 83,000 women from The Nurses’ Health Study which began around 1980s† (Harrison,2012). These participants were in health states at the start of the study which was free of cardiovascular disease and cancer risks. Next, the participants were required to fill out a food questionnaire every four