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Chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas eat meat to supplement their diet. Many species of monkeys, especially baboons, eat meat. Humans, being primates, have evolved this way as well. Increased consumption of meat was one of the factors that allowed us to become so intelligent, as meat contains nutrients beneficial to brain function. Our digestive systems are much more suited to processing meat, not plants. Vegetarians and vegans have to take pills every day to get the meat-specific nutrients, especially the several amino acids that are not in plants and we cannot create ourselves. While we cannot digest the fibers and cell walls of plants, they give a lot of the vitamins and minerals directly rather than the diminished amounts in animals, and it helps keep your bowels running smoothly. Humans are omnivores.
If by the economical and environmental damage damages you mean how vast herds of cows and sheep eat everything in sight and cause erosion and force out wild animals, then you're right. But the US and some other countries have gotten better at that, with designated areas for livestock to graze. The meat industry is a multi-billion dollar industry. It would hurt economically to not have it.
As for eating meat is unhealthy... well, ANYTHING is unhealthy if you eat a lot of it and don't exercise to burn off the calories and fat and whatnot. I could eat nothing but McDonalds for the rest of my life, but as long as I exercise routinely I'm not gonna turn into Shamu. It's a shame how people have to throw blame everywhere to make themselves feel better about their problems. "Oh God, I'm getting teh fat! Meat has fat, so it's horrible and unhealthy!" while the person sits on the couch watching TV all day, getting up only to use the bathroom and get food and drink.
Meat = good. Fat = good. Too much of either = bad. Exercise = good.
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