For our entire lives we have been told that eating meat is a good type of food consumption that holds high protein and is good for you. But what the food industry fails to tell you is that it negatively affects your body as well as the environment. Therefore, this petition is for people to reduce the amount of meat that they take in.

 For your body, it is statistically proven that the downside to eating red meats are those related to the amount of fat, cholesterol, and sodium content. These risk factors bring an increased rise in heart disease, such as heart attacks and clogged arteries. High sodium content in red meats can lead to high blood pressure. It is also proven that processed meats have put people at risk for many different types of gastrointestinal cancers as well as heart disease. These health problems are not much talked about because people look more at the positives that meat brings in. 

 While comparing meat consumption to the environment it showed a great impact on the environment and contributed to biodiversity. If you are not familiar with Biodiversity then it is the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. The ways that consuming meat affects the environment is by releasing greenhouse gasses such as methane, CO2, and nitrous oxide. These gasses contribute to climate change, such as global warming. Livestock farming contributes to these greenhouse gasses in several ways: The destruction of forest ecosystems.  

Overall, if we consume less meat then companies that slaughter animals such as Cargill, Tyson Foods, JBS, and National Beef Packing, will produce less meat and this leads to less greenhouse gasses being produced. It is predicted that on average that meat and dairy specifically accounts for around 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. We can reduce this number by eating less meat and purchasing less meat.