Opinion essay

Nowadays, due to environmental awareness many people have decided not to eat either fish or meat. Not only for their own benefits but also for the benefit of the planet. This decision has both good and bad points.

On the one hand, not eating this kind of food may save lots of animals. In the current world, exploitation is a common topic in the news. Refusing to reduce the amount of fish and meat we eat does not help the situation. Animal exploitation can be a big issue with potentially negative future consequences. Acting in an unsustainable way puts natural resources, in this case fish and meat, in danger.

As an anecdotic fact, some recent research shows that some of the healthiest people in the world is an Asian tribe that do not eat meat at all.

But on the other hand, it is also true that meat and fish give us energy and proteins that can only be provided by them. Children, for instance, need all these kinds of proteins to grow and handle the active life they have: studying, playing, doing sport, and so on.

In this case, to stop eating these foods can harm their intellectual level and health.

Overall, we can say that there is not one unique good reason for this decision. It is not either one thing or the other. We should find the balance between not eating meat and fish at all and an abusive consumption. I believe that this decision must be made in order to improve both your health and the whole world.