It's+Meat+so+it's+natural.....+Keep+telling+yourself+that


 * Name:** Allen Mao
 * Student ID:** n8854599
 * Tutor:** Steve Badman
 * Subject:** PUB209 – Health, Culture, Society

It’s meat so it’s natural… Sure, keep telling yourself that. (Source: []) This picture was found on an empowering company’s website which helps empower small-businesses and individuals to grow on through pre made blogs which takes care the technological side of things. This picture was blogged by an individual in regards to awareness of our food and where they came from under the title 9 Facts About Meat. The picture itself shows a burger filled with the usual meat patty, lettuce in a bun but with the addition of many colourful looking pills. The public health issue this picture portrays could be endless. In this report however, the focus is on what the population is eating and where and how their products get from the farm to our stomachs. This is a problem because the way in which meat is raised in some typical modern farm is definitely different from the way meat was produced thousands of years ago but it’s also very different from even half a century ago. The way in which the meat industry works to help support the growing population is important if animal welfare and human health is to be addressed both ethically and physically. This is an important issue in today’s society because in developed countries those of a lower socio-economic background are becoming more and more overweight or even obese. While these are contributed by many factors, foods and diet definitely have a play in it. With many research papers indicating that having obesity in itself tends to predispose an individual to more chronic and cardio-pulmonary diseases. By just being obese an individual’s health is being drained slowly and painfully. With modern technology trying to condense the period of an individual’s suffering before death, it only makes sense to help and find ways to eliminate obesity for healthier individuals which in turn make a healthier population. In developed countries it isn’t uncommon to see more and more foods being made streamlined and convenient for consumers. During this process the foods can get processed and different things get added into the meat during the process. It doesn’t just start at the processing plants though, it starts at the farm where animals get force-feed steroids and other growth hormones for the purpose of being able to ‘supply’ the population with ‘meat’. What happens though when a population eats the meat which has been heavily processed and filled with growth hormones? The same effects that some marine life get after eating too many fishes which have been contaminated by oil spills and factory run-off. They accumulate over time more and more of these chemicals which eventually can kill them. If this is applied to humans by the meat products we are eating then can’t be surprised that humans are living heavier and shorter lives. This is similar to how factory animals are living. A basic concept of factory animals can be found on the ‘MakeitPossible’ website. In short though factory animals are breed, born and slaughtered in inhumane ways. It shortens their lives and fattens them up so they are ready for market demands. These animals barely go out, have their right to sunshine and open spaces taken away from them. They quite literally were born to die which is sad, especially for the 21st century. The consumption of meat products which have gone through the chain of processing and supplements are also rumoured to have chemicals which makes it addictive as reported by Martha Rosenberg from alternet. When was it right to see humans as nothing more than money? The meat industry has requires some change. The stimulus shows that there are a lot of hidden chemicals which many of us won’t know because food is being more and more processed and drugged. On the note of meat not being full meat a newspaper article found that some chicken nuggets are only half chicken meat and the rest are bones and fats etc. This is important because as we age into a new era and time, inhumanity like this should be a thing of the past and there should be other ways of supplying meat which doesn’t completely destroy the meat chain and those effected but take away the need to breed, grow, force feed, inhumanely slaughter, process with various chemicals etc. With more and more people becoming aware of what is happening those who can adapt usually will or have but those with less money and can’t afford the luxury of swapping to more genuine meats will have to take the cheaper option with the animals having to sacrifice their rights. This is of concern because this isn’t necessarily in the consumer’s power but more or so in public advocacy and movements which promote healthier food chains and know exactly where the meat comes from. If this could be achieved then those of the lower social economic background can enjoy equal meat and have a better morality which could lead to better health all round. It’s something that should be done for equality for all. I believe this artefact shows quite well what we are facing in modern society, myself as someone of a lower socio-economic background often goes for whats cheaper rather than what is more right. It’s important for rights to be given to all which have nerves that transmits pain, animals included however at the end of the day I still need have a shelter for the night and so the money often goes to rent before it goes into any luxuries. This picture quite well depicts what is actually in these meats, just what we can see they have highlighted and you could ask yourself, if you saw this would you eat it? For many it would not but for some it’s their only option. [|Rosenberg, M. (n.d.). Salon.] [|//Saloncom RSS//][|. Retrieved November 2, 2013, from http://www.salon.com/2013/11/01/is_this_] [|The average chicken nuggets is only HALF meat.. and the rest is fat, bone and nerve endings. (n.d.).] [|//Mail Online//][|. Retrieved November 2, 2013, from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2445440/Chicken-nuggets-study-reveals-half-meat.html]
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