The U.N. should ban frankfurter.

I'll devote this round to a full and thorough rebuttal of Con's arguments. Frankfurter are bad for human health, environment, and the production causes animal suffering. Therefore, Frankfurter should be banned by the U.N. "Meat is good for you." Con Pro's rebuttal: Meat does contain macro nutrients like calories and protein, so the claim meat is good for you could be made. In the sense, that eating meat is preferable to starvation. The same argument could be made for high fructose corn syrup. HFCS is preferable to starving therefore HFCS is healthy. The same could be said for a diabetic that is about to have a diabetic coma due to hypoglycemia. Other than these two extraordinary circumstances meat is unhealthy. Meat also known as animal flesh lacks in healthy nutrients including antioxidants and fiber. Beta-carotene and lycopene are antioxidants only found in fruits and vegetables, not meat. " How does it work? Lycopene is a powerful antioxidant that may help protect cells from damage. This is why there is a lot of research interest in lycopene"s role, if any, in preventing cancer." [1] "There is some evidence showing that higher lycopene blood levels is associated with a reduced risk of hardening of the arteries. There is also early evidence that higher lycopene blood levels can reduce the risk of heart disease associated with hardening of the arteries." [1] "Pancreatic cancer. Some early research shows that a diet high in lycopene, primarily from tomatoes, seems to lower the risk of developing pancreatic cancer." [1] "Carotenoids are natural pigments which are synthesized by plants and are responsible for the bright colors of various fruits and vegetables. "[2] "Epidemiologic studies have shown an inverse relationship between presence of various cancers and dietary carotenoids or blood carotenoid levels."[2] "Dietary fiber " found mainly in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes " is probably best known for its ability to prevent or relieve constipation. But foods containing fiber can provide other health benefits as well, such as helping to maintain a healthy weight and lowering your risk of diabetes and heart disease." [3] As you can see from these sources beta-carotenes, lycopene and fiber have health benefits. Dietary meat intake displaces fruit and vegetable intake thus antioxidant and fiber intake. Not only does meat displace healthier options, but is detrimental to human health. Over-nutrition is dangerous just like under nutrition. Too much fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and animal protein are unhealthy. Too much fat is unhealthy because of Intramyocellular lipids build up. An overabundance of saturated fat increases blood viscosity and makes the gut more permeable. Cholesterol has been show to affect health adversely in small amounts. Animal protein raises IGF-1 levels. "Insulin resistance has been associated with the accumulation of fat within skeletal muscle fibers as intramyocellular lipid (IMCL)." [4] "Intramyocellular lipid content is lower with a low-fat diet than with high-fat diets" [5] As you can see by this evidence I have proven that high fat diets are detrimental to human health. "Moreover, as another possible cause, it is suggested that high-cholesterol diet may accelerate atherogenesis through increasing blood viscosity" [6] "Eating saturated fat has been linked to viscous blood and risk for high blood pressure, according to the World Health Organization" [7] "A single meal of meats, eggs, and dairy can cause a spike of inflammation within hours that can stiffen one"s arteries. Originally this was thought to be the result of saturated animal fat causing our gut lining to leak bacterial toxins into our blood stream leading to endotoxemia."[8] "Animal protein consumption triggers the release of the cancer-promoting growth hormone IGF-1." [9] I have now proven that excess fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and animal protein have negative health affects. "a high quality all meat beef sausage is great for you and delicious." Con Pro's counter attack: Meat is unhealthy as Pro has proven above. Taste is subjective and the palate can change. "Our ancestors were carnivores." Con Pro's response: Our ancient ancestors were scavengers and omnivores. Many cooked tubers according to this nytimes article. Note, eating meat is preferable to starvation just as consuming HFCS is. "For Evolving Brains, a "Paleo" Diet of Carbs"[10] "The human body is perfectly adapted to eating meat." Con Pro's: Smack down Bare assertion. See Nytimes article. "Vegetables aren't food, they are food for food, and carbs are toxic in anything more than a tiny amount." Con Pro's response: Bare assertion. "You body can't even use carbs for fuel; they are simply stored as adipose tissue." Con Pro: Bare assertion. Adipose tissue is fat. Excess calories from any of the three sources, fat, protein, or carbohydrate are stored as fat. "If you want optimal health you need to adopt a zero carb, all meat, high fat diet." Con Pro: Bare assertion " Have you ever met a vegan? They are all sickly and in poor health." Con Pro: Anecdotal evidence. Yes, I have seen with my own eyes plenty of healthy vegans. There are plenty of healthy vegan celebrities and bodybuilders. "Demi Lovato Not only does Demi eat vegan, but she also follows a raw diet. She credits both of these with making her feel tons better!" [11]. "Billy Simmonds is a vegan bodybuilder who won Mr Natural Universe in 2009. "[12] I have proven there are healthy vegan celebrities and bodybuilders. "I believe you should be allowed to live your life and I should be allowed to live my life, however we see fit, so long as we do not commit aggression against anyone else." Con Pro: I beg to differ, your lifestyle choices impact me and the animals that are mistreated and slaughtered. Example, lets say person A decides to eat copious amounts of hamburgers and drive a car. Person B is a vegan and is walking to work. Person A has a heart attack and dies, but their corpse is still weighting down the gas pedal. The car person A was driving now hits person B. No, this is not tolerable. Person A should not be able to eat meat and drive a car. "It is wrong to try to control other people's lives and to tell them how they must live. And it is wrong to ban sausages." Con Is it wrong to tell a murder to stop killing people? Is it immoral to attempt to hinder a cold blooded killer? Nay! Then, its also moral for me to present my ideas and tell you are wrong. I am acting responsible by trying to ban frankfurter. "This notion that nature is a pristine state and that any effort by man to ameliorate his condition by altering the environment is somehow immoral is completely incorrect." Con Pro: I agree that we need to damage nature to a certain extent in order to survive. This doesn't mean we can rationalize damaging the environment in every way. The line has to be drawn somewhere. Since frankfurter are unhealthy and the production of frankfurter causes suffering of animals the environment is only the final nail in the coffin. The cherry on top. "Animals are not sentient. They are dumb beasts. Their conception of the world is incredibly narrow. Their actions are instinctual, not based on reason. Let's work on wiping out cruelty towards humans first." Con Pro's Refute: There is scienfic proof that pigs and cows are mammals and that all mammals are sentient. As for wiping out human cruelty, lets start by getting rid of cancer. Cancer is incredibly painful way to die. Chemotherapy is no barrel of laughs. Ban Frankfurter reduce cruelty towards humans. "Consequently, the weight of evidence indicates that humans are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate consciousness. Non-human animals, including all mammals and birds, and many other creatures, including octopuses, also possess these neurological substrates."" [13]. Summary: Ban frankfurter this product is unhealthy, destructive towards the environment, and frankfurter's production causes needless animal suffering. https://www.nlm.nih.gov... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... http://www.mayoclinic.org... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... http://ajcn.nutrition.org... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... http://www.theatlantic.com... http://nutritionfacts.org... http://nutritionfacts.org... http://www.nytimes.com... http://www.teen.com... http://www.debate.org... http://www.livescience.com...