The Research Paper SAMPLE ESSAY APA FORMAT Essay by Beth C. Schwartz Updated by the Communications Area of the TCC Learning Commons (August, 2008) One Person’s Meat 1 One Person’s Meat Is Another Person’s Poison Beth C. Schwartz Professor Frusselberg HSC1100 May 14, 2008 Tallahassee Community College One Person’s Meat 2 One Person’s Meat Is Another Person’s Poison Despite the daily deluge of health messages and warnings that Americans receive about their eating habits, a meal of hamburgers and French fries continues to rank as the top choice among diners. According to recent statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans “ate an average of 30 pounds per person of the crispy potato sticks in 1995”⎯ more than three times the amount ingested in 1965 (“Surprise,” 1996, p. C3). Moreover, among patrons of restaurants and fast food eateries, “One out of five diners ordered a burger, for a total of 5.2 billion burgers” in 1995, claims the National Restaurant Association (“Surprise,” 1996, p. C3). Americans might, therefore, find it difficult to believe that, in fact, “Most people throughout the world have eaten primarily vegetarian foods until recently. It is still the way that most of the world eats” (Ornish, 1982, p. 144). summary Although most Americans clearly continue to relish their animal products and “junk foods,” over 12.4 million of them⎯which amounts to nearly 7 percent of the population⎯now identify themselves as vegetarians, concluded a 1992 survey conducted by the research firm Yankelovich, Clancy, Shulman (as cited in Krizmanic, 1992). Thus vegetarians, until recently thought to be faddish, marginal, countercultural, or simply strange, have now become almost ...
