Why eat turtle? Why save turtle?

When we are in childhood, we always ask why when parents or adults ask us don't do this and don't do that.
Same goes to the topic today, why can't we eat turtle? And what actually turtle makes a different with others meat and makes people so interested to taste it?



Some explained that eating of turtle meat is because it is good for people who having diet, a cup of cooked turtle meat has about 220 calories, 9 g of fat, of which 2 g are saturated. In comparison, 1 cup of cooked, diced beef steak has 340 calories, 20 g of fat, of which 8 g are saturated. Beef has 37 g of protein per cup, compared with 33 g per cup for turtle meat, but beef also has a higher cholesterol total of 111 mg, while turtle has only 2 mg of cholesterol, therefore they have just took advantage the theses animals ONLY because they were nutritious, without any thought of extraordinary powers. Contrary to what happens now, the use of sea turtles was solely for their livelihood, while maintaining a conservational approach, capturing only what they would consume.

How about the turtles egg? Why they eat it and what is it taste like?

In the past ten years, the authorities and conservationists in Mexico and some other countries have reported that turtle egg contains high amounts of cholesterol. One turtle egg are equal to 20 chicken eggs’ cholesterol. From survey, it says that those who have the bad habit of eating turtle eggs generally swallow more than 5 at a time, says we can understand why these consumers often feel strange effects on their body. High cholesterol levels increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.

In the conclusion, no matter what their taste or energy content, we must recognize that the continued consumption of turtle eggs is contributing to the disappearance of more than one species of turtle from the face of the earth. People arguing that turtle lay many eggs, but don't forget, out of 1,000 turtles eggs, only 1 turtle baby born will reach adulthood, the egg they eat could be that turtle. If, we want a better world, we must be willing to make a difference. We will not die of hunger if we do not eat turtle eggs. Once again, we can rebuild the natural cycle of sea turtles; a cycle that we have broken.

Low Xue Min

Publicity & Creativity Team

Advanced Diploma in Mass Communication (Public Relations) Year 1

Tunku Abdul Rahman University College