For the past few decades, and even more strongly now, emphasis has been placed on what foods people should be consuming. There has been a huge push recently towards “healthier eating,” and eating “fruits and vegetables” especially in America, where an obesity problem has been and still is an enormous issue. America is full of vegans and vegetarians who avoid eating meat and eggs because of moral or health reasons, and this is looked upon as healthy by many, but is following a strict vegan diet the best way to keep humans healthy? Other countries, such as India and China have a different stance and consider eating meat and eggs an essential part of anyone’s diet.  Meanwhile there is a growing group of Americans who believe eating meat is terrible, and although many vegans have problems with getting all the essential vitamins up to the point where they have to take vitamin pills, the vegetarian/vegan movement is still growing. Massive and influential countries such as China and India still believe in eating food obtained from animals, and they are healthier than much of America; Americans need to worry more about eating a balanced meal instead of being so occupied with the fruit and vegetable sections of a diet.