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Meat eaters have to deal with many risk factors associated with eating large quantities of meat, and every single statistic out there will tell you that Americans especially eat way, way too much meat, that is not only unhealthy for them, but creates huge problems for the environment, and contributes to inexplicable amounts of slaughterhouse cruelty.
I highlighted the important parts. You are absolutely right. Americans eat too much meat and fat compared to vegetables and fruit. Now, nutritionally speaking, the solution isn't to get rid of fats and meat--it's to eat a balanced, healthy diet.
An ideal, human diet consists of plenty of fruit and vegetables, a moderate amount of meat and fat, and a low to zero amount of sugars and simple carbohydrates.
Depending on the environment one lives in, the meat and fat proportions can be significantly increased. For instance, if one lives in the arctic and is highly active, 80 percent of their calories should come from fat--they need the fat to survive and keep themselves warm. In arctic expeditions, the men pulling their sleds eat around 10,000 calories a day in the form of pemmican, which is dried, shredded meat mixed with dried fruit and nuts all soaked in liquid animal fat then cooled to a solid. Pemmican like this has around 80% of its calories from fat.
Eskimos and other northern tribes of humans would NOT have survived without animal fats and proteins. It just wouldn't have been possible.
Now days, being a vegetarian/vegan is completely doable because of a global food marketplace, less strenuous and work laden lives, and modern agriculture. It's really a modern convenience that we have! More choice is good!
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