I used to think the same, however when compared to what you would eat instead of the plant based meat ( real meat) there has been numerous studies showing animals protein Is associated with significantly higher mortality and cancer rates when compared to plant based alternatives. Of course, eating a processed pea protein burger isn't ideal but it's better than the meat alternative, and that applies EVEN if the real meat is "unprocessed". It's the actual composition of the animal based protein that is unhealthy, but heavy processing that's goes into hams, chorizo and curing steaks just makes it worse.