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Whole Foods CEO on plant-based meat: Good for the environment, but not for yo

11 points by yawz 7y ago

owenmarshall 7y ago
The meat of his criticism (rimshot) is that the foods are too processed: > “I don’t think eating highly processed foods is healthy. I think people thrive on eating whole foods,” Mackey says. “As for health, I will not endorse that, and that is about as big of criticism that I will do in public.” The article then brings in valid concerns from dietitians that the meat substitutes aren’t necessarily any healthier than the meat they replace - but it feels like a disservice all around to put that beside an argument that “they just aren’t natural.”
- vokep 7y ago
  >meat substitutes aren’t necessarily any healthier than the meat they replace uh...duh? That's the point of them. If you want a healthy meat substitute, have a veggie burger. These are not veggie burgers in any traditional sense. Maybe a healthy version will be made, but this is about replacing the absolute terror that is the meat industry.
thorwasdfasdf 7y ago
The reason it's bad for you is the same reason all other junk food is bad for you: half of it is oils and there's too much sodium. To much Oils are terrible for the body because they're inflammatory.
- magduf 7y ago
  Huh? That entirely depends on the oil. Olive oil isn't inflammatory at all, and is extremely healthy. Hydrogenated oils, on the other hand, are pretty horrible for you. Here's a quick link I just found: https://www.everydayhealth.com/news/best-worst-oils-health/ https://www.everydayhealth.com/news/best-worst-oils-health/
krustyburger 7y ago
My impression is that these companies are not even branding their products as health foods, exactly. They’re succeeding because so many consumers now expressly care about the environment and want to reduce their carbon footprint along with their consumption of factory-farmed animal products.
- chrdlu 7y ago
  I think you're correct. The younger generations are especially feeling pressure to try to take action to reverse climate change and become carbon neutral! I hope to see more people change their lifestyles to become carbon neutral! At the very least, I hope people will vote with their money and subscribe to something like https://projectwren.com/ https://projectwren.com/!
  - sieabahlpark 7y ago
    Become carbon neutral at the risk of our own health consuming these foods? Didn't impossible burger just recently have something pretty damning?

11 points by yawz 7y ago

The meat of his criticism (rimshot) is that the foods are too processed: > “I don’t think eating highly processed foods is healthy. I think people thrive on eating whole foods,” Mackey says. “As for health, I will not endorse that, and that is about as big of criticism that I will do in public.” The article then brings in valid concerns from dietitians that the meat substitutes aren’t necessarily any healthier than the meat they replace - but it feels like a disservice all around to put that beside an argument that “they just aren’t natural.”

vokep 7y ago
>meat substitutes aren’t necessarily any healthier than the meat they replace uh...duh? That's the point of them. If you want a healthy meat substitute, have a veggie burger. These are not veggie burgers in any traditional sense. Maybe a healthy version will be made, but this is about replacing the absolute terror that is the meat industry.

thorwasdfasdf 7y ago

The reason it's bad for you is the same reason all other junk food is bad for you: half of it is oils and there's too much sodium. To much Oils are terrible for the body because they're inflammatory.

magduf 7y ago
Huh? That entirely depends on the oil. Olive oil isn't inflammatory at all, and is extremely healthy. Hydrogenated oils, on the other hand, are pretty horrible for you. Here's a quick link I just found: https://www.everydayhealth.com/news/best-worst-oils-health/ https://www.everydayhealth.com/news/best-worst-oils-health/

krustyburger 7y ago

My impression is that these companies are not even branding their products as health foods, exactly. They’re succeeding because so many consumers now expressly care about the environment and want to reduce their carbon footprint along with their consumption of factory-farmed animal products.

chrdlu 7y ago
I think you're correct. The younger generations are especially feeling pressure to try to take action to reverse climate change and become carbon neutral! I hope to see more people change their lifestyles to become carbon neutral! At the very least, I hope people will vote with their money and subscribe to something like https://projectwren.com/ https://projectwren.com/!
- sieabahlpark 7y ago
  Become carbon neutral at the risk of our own health consuming these foods? Didn't impossible burger just recently have something pretty damning?