Analysis: We Need To Eat Less Meat

In the artical "We need to eat less meat. Should the government step in?" Laura Wellesley explains that we need to cut down on meat comsumption because we are producing more than 76 percent by 2050. Laura Wellesley also says in the artical that "Meat consumption in the United States and across much of the western world has reached a level that is unsustainable, both for our planet and for our health." Should the government step in? Well isn't that like taking candy from a baby? Whatever happend to making are own chices? Isn't that what the free world is all about? However, I believe that the government should not step in and that we as a society can be safe and responsible for are own actions. Laura Wellesley is making a good point by stating in her artical "The world's most populous country, China, took an important step in addressing the population"s increasingly unhealthy meat-eating habits, introducing national dietary guidelines that recommend a daily meat intake half that of current consumption levels." However, other people might say that they dont want less meat consomption and they would want more of it. It would be hard for the government to find out a way that we can have a win-win situation but that includes cutting less meat consomption and people think that is not …show more content…
As Laura Wellesley said, "Dietary guidelines inform public policy, guiding menu choices in public institutions such as schools, universities and hospitals." that may change the world but you also might say that the government is trying it and it is working for the most part or might not because you can say that people arent buying it and hate the idea but the government is still working on it still. Laura Wellesley says that "Over-consumption of red and processed meat is contributing to the rising incidence of non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, type-2 diabetes and certain