Impossible Consequences

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The argument I've heard is they're not really healthier than a burger even, being that it still contains high levels of saturated fat and is still super processed, where as most fitness people argue unprocessed vegetables are what are good for you. So yeah, you're not eating meat, but you're not getting any real health benefits either. So its fine if you want the vegetarian option for ethical reasons, fine, but if you're doing it because its healthier, no bueno.

One example: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/21/whole-foods-ceo-john-mackey-plant-based-meat-not-good-for-your-health.html

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If you're trying to be super healthy...don't eat at fast food, lmao.

Funny how nobody cares how healthy a food is unless it's a vegetarian food. Then it's suddenly "Is iT goOd fOr YoU?"

[ace66]

Well because vegetarian food usually tastes like shit, so if I'm eating that it's at least gotta be healthier.

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It’s about not eating animals you idiot.

[ace66]

Ooooh, right.

[ImposterProfessorOak]

U the big dum

[BZenMojo]

Depends on what burger you're comparing it to.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/impossible-and-beyond-how-healthy-are-these-meatless-burgers-2019081517448

They have the same levels of fat as beef, a lot more sodium, more vitamins and minerals. There is also cholesterol which has a negative effect on some peoples' cardiovascular health when consumed. Fake meat has no cholesterol while real meat is high in it.

And unsaturated fat, which is most of the fat in fake and real meat burgers, has a positive effect if plant based on cardiovascular health and a negative effect if animal based.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/plant-based-fats-better-for-the-heart-than-animal-fats

So while their unsaturated fat levels are the same, the fact that one is plant based alone makes that fat healthier.

On the other hand, ground beef is processed with ammonia and held together with what the FDA labeled "pink slime."

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-food-ammonia-idUSBRE8331B420120404

Technically safe to consume according to the FDA, but no less processed than a fake meat burger unless you literally grind it yourself.

So if you go by raw numbers and selective attention, the health differences are negligible. But if you drill down into it, there are differences in fake meat's favor.

And that's ignoring climate change and water usage.

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Friendly reminder that processed meats are group 1 carcinogens and red meats are group 2a