in her personal testimony, “Turtles inevitably became deeply rooted in the culture, featured in local dishes and even on the back of the 10 cents.” The Caymans Island worship the turtles and never was ashamed of consuming the turtles to practice their customs. Eating turtles go as far as the first settler in the U.S. More so that it was introduced in the first Thanksgiving. Stephanie Butler wrote in her article, “it (turtle meat) was president Taft’s favorite food.” Turtle meat appeared on a lot of the presidential dinners. It was also served during the revolutionary war. Turtle meat became popular for most of is texture and flavor. Stephanie then writes, “turtle is said to contain seven types of mean, each reminiscent of pork, chicken …show more content…
This is mainly because a long time ago it was one of the only sources of food. Many generations ago on isolated islands in the Pacific turtles provided a series of protein, vitamin, and nutrients. According to Allison Stevens’s article, “turtles are high in calcium, with 20% of your recommended daily total. Vitamin A, B1, B2, and B6 and phosphorous and zinc are plentiful in turtle meat.” Turtle meat can benefit a bunch of different people. Eating turtle meat can benefit athletes as well. “B vitamins are thought to aid processing food into energy” according to the Vitamin and Nutrition Center. There are more ways that eating turtles can help your body. For example; Shen-Nong.com states, “it (turtle meat) enrich your kidney through moistening and nourishing them. Turtle meat is also believed to enrich your blood and cool your body.” Doctors would feed turtle soup to patients who have hot flashes, night sweats, and irritability. This option was taken away when the turtle became the under the protection from the U.S. Some people believe, like my friend, that eating turtles is wrong because it only puts turtles closer to extinction. This is a valid reason because turtles are listed on the endangered species list. Turtle has all odds against them from when they hatch until they reach adulthood. Green Sea turtles can lay 50-500 eggs, and without human interaction, about 20 of those eggs reach adulthood and lay