America’s Meaty Diet
December 14, 2010 | By Dominique in Consumer Habits, Protecting our Health
The numbers behind America’s meat consumption may surprise you.
3,200
Average American’s calories per day, roughly 1,000 more than we need to stay healthy
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1,600
Chemicals used in food production that have never been tested for safety
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60-80%
West’s water consumed by agriculture
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65%
American’s daily protein from animals
30%
Rest of the world’s daily protein from animals
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168 lb
U.S. average annual per capita meat consumption in 1970
185 lb
U.S. average annual per capita meat consumption in 2005
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1 million
Broiler chickens raised, killed and prepared in this country per hour
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One Response
Comment from fotoflo
December 15th, 2010 at 6:03 am
Shocking stats, but here’s an honest response from a well-wisher. These figures would be much more shocking if they were up-to-date, verified and spelled correctly and not someone’s “Distinctive take.” Please include sources and read your spelling twice – this will reflect well on the EDF. — “60-80%
West’s water consumed *buy* agriculture” — “185 lb
U.S. average annual per capita meat consumption in 2005” it’s practically 2011. — “1 million
Broiler chickens raised, killed and prepared in this country per hour” one million chicken’s raised per hour? Just used killed.