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I'm vegetarian primarily for animal well-being reasons, and environmental second. Health is merely a nice plus for me. That said, the Beyond Meat burgers and s
by lkbm 7y ago
I'm vegetarian primarily for animal well-being reasons, and environmental second. Health is merely a nice plus for me.
That said, the Beyond Meat burgers and sausages have impressive satiety -- probably due to the high amount of saturated fat. (I only tried the Impossible Burger once, but I assume they're similar.)
There's not much evidence, from what I've seen, that being "processed" is a health issue. The main thing is that highly-refined foods frequently have a high calorie-to-satiety ratio and/or are "high-reward", both of which result in over-eating. Beyond Meat, at least, does the opposite for me.
I frequently bike 20+ miles on Saturday and/or Sunday, and one thing I've found is that if I eat some Beyond Meat fake meat, I'll later realize that I've burnt 2k+ Calories, eaten maybe a thousand, and still not feel particularly hungry. I actually have to pay attention to eating enough, whereas normally my body is quite eager to ingest 5k+ Calories if I choose the wrong foods. (Veggie soup is maybe more filling, but I can be full and still crave food.)
Kielbasa was the meat I missed most when I became vegetarian, and the Beyond Meat italian sausage is the first thing I've had that approaches it. If Impossible Foods can beat that, that's exciting to me.
- gnicholas 7y agoI tried Beyond Meat last night for the first time and was surprised how un-filling it was for me. I ate one and a half burgers with plenty of toppings and was still hungry after. And I'd been snacking before dinner, so I wasn't famished to begin with. The taste was pretty good, but I have to figure I'm eating two burgers ($6 in patties) at a minimum. EDIT: mind sharing why you're downvoting this? Is my experience not relevant?
- dwater 7y agoI weigh 140lbs, and eat meat probably 2-3 times a week on average. I eat a regular burger probably once every 3 months or so and it usually knocks me on my ass and makes me feel an extreme level of full as well as very tired (I usually have fries and a beer at the same time). A Beyond burger with cheese and fries shocked me with how similar I felt afterwards, I had it around 7p and struggled to stay awake another 3 hours. I even had a similar feeling of still being satiated when I woke up the next morning like I get from eating a big fatty burger.
- gnicholas 7y agoYMMV! But my 110 lb wife wasn't full after one burger, which is pretty much unheard of for her. Also, my five year old finished hers, which had never happened with even smallish (in and out) burgers.