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I've had several impossible burgers and they completely live up to the hype. They taste very good indeed. But I have noticed a slight uptick in anxiety after ea

I've had several impossible burgers and they completely live up to the hype. They taste very good indeed. But I have noticed a slight uptick in anxiety after eating them, maybe 30 mins after or so. This anxiety comes out of the blue, the first few burgers I had, I had zero health or safety thoughts in my mind that might have precipitated the anxiety. Interested if anyone else has had a similar experience.

glass_of_water 8y ago
I always get this wheezy feeling like a little bit of fluid is building up in my lungs after I eat the impossible burger. I don't know what causes it; the only thing I can think of is maybe the unusually high iron content (at least compared to anything else in a plant-based diet).
- toomuchtodo 8y ago
  Could you be having an allergic reaction to an ingredient?
  - glass_of_water 8y ago
    I didn't consider that; it's quite possible. Luckily the reaction is pretty mild.
- rriepe 8y ago
  Have you ever had a full iron panel done? I've got hereditary hemochromatosis and that symptom you're describing was my life for ten years.
askaboutit 8y ago
The problem with trying to replace meat. Is the unknowns about why we survived as carnivores for thousands upon thousands of years and our current obsession to suddenly play god with a food supply. We don’t know what we don’t know. And impossible doesn’t know why there would be side effects. Or they do and you’ll not know. Buy grass fed organic meat and eat less of it. We already eat too much.
- fcarraldo 8y ago
  I think Buddhists would disagree that humanity has survived solely as carnivores for thousands of years. Plenty of other cultures have existed on solely vegetarian/vegan diets as well, throughout history. Peasants within meat-eating cultures also did not always have frequent access to meat, and thus ate primarily vegetarian, or perhaps pescatarian. The idea that humans have always eaten meat and that it’s an essential part of the human diet is a myth.
  - gorilla_fight 8y ago
    What are these cultures which existed solely on vegan diets? Honest question, I searched but couldn't find the answer, there was a response on Quora which mentioned some Buddhists are vegan by default, and some Hindus and Essene Christians are vegetarian, but she "wasn't aware of any 100% vegan cultures." I can understand vegetarian cultures surviving, since they can acquire essential nutrients through the animal products found in diary, but would be intrigued to find a vegan (plant-based only) culture. Was there perhaps one in the distant past or ?
    - fcarraldo 8y ago
      I’m not an expert in the subject, but I don’t think we know. “Vegan” didn’t exist as a term until a few decades ago. Many Buddhist monks lived entirely vegan lifestyles, or so it is believed, but veganism doesn’t have a strict definition among vegans today. I probably should’ve just used the term “vegetarian”, but then I thought about the monks.
    - ppseafield 8y ago
      You used to be able to acquire B12 from crops because some of the natural bacteria flora contained the cyanobacteria that make it. Modern farming's use of industrial pesticides means we can't use that as a source anymore. The Jain's diet is largely plant-based. It allows for dairy, but only in the case that the cows aren't hurt as part of the process. http://www.jainfoodie.com/jain-food-restrictions/ http://www.jainfoodie.com/jain-food-restrictions/
- 8y ago
Lich 8y ago
Not for me. I've tried and it's...well, it's not bad, but I don't find it meaty or burger-like in anyway.
DoreenMichele 8y ago
I googled the ingredients. It contains coconut oil, which is thyroid support. If it contains a lot of coconut oil and you don't normally consume such, that might explain it.

glass_of_water 8y ago

I always get this wheezy feeling like a little bit of fluid is building up in my lungs after I eat the impossible burger. I don't know what causes it; the only thing I can think of is maybe the unusually high iron content (at least compared to anything else in a plant-based diet).

toomuchtodo 8y ago
Could you be having an allergic reaction to an ingredient?
- glass_of_water 8y ago
  I didn't consider that; it's quite possible. Luckily the reaction is pretty mild.
rriepe 8y ago
Have you ever had a full iron panel done? I've got hereditary hemochromatosis and that symptom you're describing was my life for ten years.

askaboutit 8y ago

The problem with trying to replace meat. Is the unknowns about why we survived as carnivores for thousands upon thousands of years and our current obsession to suddenly play god with a food supply. We don’t know what we don’t know. And impossible doesn’t know why there would be side effects. Or they do and you’ll not know. Buy grass fed organic meat and eat less of it. We already eat too much.

fcarraldo 8y ago
I think Buddhists would disagree that humanity has survived solely as carnivores for thousands of years. Plenty of other cultures have existed on solely vegetarian/vegan diets as well, throughout history. Peasants within meat-eating cultures also did not always have frequent access to meat, and thus ate primarily vegetarian, or perhaps pescatarian. The idea that humans have always eaten meat and that it’s an essential part of the human diet is a myth.
- gorilla_fight 8y ago
  What are these cultures which existed solely on vegan diets? Honest question, I searched but couldn't find the answer, there was a response on Quora which mentioned some Buddhists are vegan by default, and some Hindus and Essene Christians are vegetarian, but she "wasn't aware of any 100% vegan cultures." I can understand vegetarian cultures surviving, since they can acquire essential nutrients through the animal products found in diary, but would be intrigued to find a vegan (plant-based only) culture. Was there perhaps one in the distant past or ?
  - fcarraldo 8y ago
    I’m not an expert in the subject, but I don’t think we know. “Vegan” didn’t exist as a term until a few decades ago. Many Buddhist monks lived entirely vegan lifestyles, or so it is believed, but veganism doesn’t have a strict definition among vegans today. I probably should’ve just used the term “vegetarian”, but then I thought about the monks.
  - ppseafield 8y ago
    You used to be able to acquire B12 from crops because some of the natural bacteria flora contained the cyanobacteria that make it. Modern farming's use of industrial pesticides means we can't use that as a source anymore. The Jain's diet is largely plant-based. It allows for dairy, but only in the case that the cows aren't hurt as part of the process. http://www.jainfoodie.com/jain-food-restrictions/ http://www.jainfoodie.com/jain-food-restrictions/
8y ago

Lich 8y ago

Not for me. I've tried and it's...well, it's not bad, but I don't find it meaty or burger-like in anyway.

DoreenMichele 8y ago

I googled the ingredients. It contains coconut oil, which is thyroid support. If it contains a lot of coconut oil and you don't normally consume such, that might explain it.