Research Proposal and Outline: Steak: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner?

Meat consumption in the US has established itself over time as a status symbol rather than a necessity. There has never been a better time for environmentalists to become vegetarians. Evidence of the environmental impacts of a meat-based diet is piling up at the same time its health effects are becoming better known. Although vegetarianism is viewed mainly as ethical and religious personal expression, we should thrive towards a minimal meat consumption society, because our excessive meat based diets in the United States have a negative influence on our environment, world hunger, animals, and it compromises our health.

Environmental Costs
   A. Animal Waste
        1. Water Contamination
        2. Methane Production/Global Warming
   B. Land destruction
        1. Destroying of land that could be used for plant production.
        2. Destroying of rainforest/Global Warming
   C. Water Consumption
        1. Water needed to produce meat
        2. Water needed to produce wheat

Human Health
    A. Health Benefits
        1. Digestive System
        2. Immune System
   B. Reduced risk of Cancers and Diseases
        1. Cancer, heart disease, kidney disease
        2. Obesity, Diabetes, blood pressure
   C. Reduced Risk of meat contamination
        1. Animal diseases that affect our health
        2. Epidemics that affect our health

World Hunger, Animal Cruelty, and Less Meat Solution
   A. World Hunger
        1. Agribusinesses consume large amount of grains that could be given to people suffering  from malnutrition
        2. Cost to produce 8 oz steak could feed 45-50 people with cooked cereal
   B. Animal Cruelty
        1. Confinement of Animals
        2. Brutality towards Animals
   C. Less Meat Solution
        1. Pythagoreans, Benjamin Franklin, and other trendsetters
        2. What we can do to make a difference

Consuming less meat should be marketed by the government. It will encourage us to protect people suffering from malnutrition, our environment, animals, and our personal health.

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