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Highly processed food made in a lab has a big chance to have hidden side effects. I would not eat this until it is tested in the wild for a few years.

by mmisu 9y ago

dexterdog 9y ago
That's what they're doing
dsego 9y ago
I think it's safer, probably harder to get mad cow disease or salmonella, don't you think? Also, today we get it from animals pumped full of antibiotics, hormones living in their own excrement.
- mmisu 9y ago
  I guess it is a question of personal choice. I won't eat fake meat the same way as I don't eat highly processed food unless I'm forced to eat it.
  - KitDuncan 9y ago
    Seems like a very close minded thing to do. Unless of course you're not eating meat at all. In which case I understand.
    - mmisu 9y ago
      First if I eat meat or not is none of your business. I think it is judgemental to qualify a person that you potentially don't agree with as close minded. A close minded person is a person that can't accept that other people can have a different opinion. An open society is a society that accepts diversity and doesn't try to shame people into conforming to a single way of thinking.
    - matthewmacleod 9y ago
      It’s stupid to say that it’s “close minded” for someone to come to a different conclusion about what level of processing is acceptable to them.
  - dsego 9y ago
    I think it's like gulping an aspirin instead of chewing on willow bark.
- matthewmacleod 9y ago
  Yeah, but that’s only true if you are buying shitty bargain-basement meat.
  - boznz 9y ago
    .. or any kind of processed food which contains "meat"
    - mmisu 9y ago
      > or any kind of processed food which contains "meat" Not really, you have a good chance to get sick (I'm talking about foodborn disease) no matter what you eat. According to the CDC from 1998 - 2008 the percent of deaths/illnesses is about 46% - 54% between eating plants vs animal products https://www.cdc.gov/foodborneburden/attribution-image.html#foodborne-illnesses https://www.cdc.gov/foodborneburden/attribution-image.html#f...
- mmisu 9y ago
  > I think it's safer, probably harder to get mad cow disease or salmonella, don't you think? Not really, you have a good chance to get sick (I'm talking about foodborn disease) no matter what you eat. According to the CDC from 1998 - 2008 the percent of deaths/illnesses is about 46% - 54% between eating plants vs animal products https://www.cdc.gov/foodborneburden/attribution-image.html#foodborne-illnesses https://www.cdc.gov/foodborneburden/attribution-image.html#f...
drcross 9y ago
I think it's incredibly naive of people to assume that we can artificially replicate a food natural source. So much is unknown about the stomach microbiome and such things that I will be staying far away from this and the likes of Soylent for a long time.

Highly processed food made in a lab has a big chance to have hidden side effects. I would not eat this until it is tested in the wild for a few years.

by mmisu 9y ago

Highly processed food made in a lab has a big chance to have hidden side effects. I would not eat this until it is tested in the wild for a few years.

dexterdog 9y ago

That's what they're doing

dsego 9y ago

I think it's safer, probably harder to get mad cow disease or salmonella, don't you think? Also, today we get it from animals pumped full of antibiotics, hormones living in their own excrement.

mmisu 9y ago
I guess it is a question of personal choice. I won't eat fake meat the same way as I don't eat highly processed food unless I'm forced to eat it.
- KitDuncan 9y ago
  Seems like a very close minded thing to do. Unless of course you're not eating meat at all. In which case I understand.
  - mmisu 9y ago
    First if I eat meat or not is none of your business. I think it is judgemental to qualify a person that you potentially don't agree with as close minded. A close minded person is a person that can't accept that other people can have a different opinion. An open society is a society that accepts diversity and doesn't try to shame people into conforming to a single way of thinking.
  - matthewmacleod 9y ago
    It’s stupid to say that it’s “close minded” for someone to come to a different conclusion about what level of processing is acceptable to them.
- dsego 9y ago
  I think it's like gulping an aspirin instead of chewing on willow bark.
matthewmacleod 9y ago
Yeah, but that’s only true if you are buying shitty bargain-basement meat.
- boznz 9y ago
  .. or any kind of processed food which contains "meat"
  - mmisu 9y ago
    > or any kind of processed food which contains "meat" Not really, you have a good chance to get sick (I'm talking about foodborn disease) no matter what you eat. According to the CDC from 1998 - 2008 the percent of deaths/illnesses is about 46% - 54% between eating plants vs animal products https://www.cdc.gov/foodborneburden/attribution-image.html#foodborne-illnesses https://www.cdc.gov/foodborneburden/attribution-image.html#f...
mmisu 9y ago
> I think it's safer, probably harder to get mad cow disease or salmonella, don't you think? Not really, you have a good chance to get sick (I'm talking about foodborn disease) no matter what you eat. According to the CDC from 1998 - 2008 the percent of deaths/illnesses is about 46% - 54% between eating plants vs animal products https://www.cdc.gov/foodborneburden/attribution-image.html#foodborne-illnesses https://www.cdc.gov/foodborneburden/attribution-image.html#f...

drcross 9y ago

I think it's incredibly naive of people to assume that we can artificially replicate a food natural source. So much is unknown about the stomach microbiome and such things that I will be staying far away from this and the likes of Soylent for a long time.