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Would swapping the beef out of a Big Mac extra value meal (super sized) make enough of a difference that it didn’t make people fat? Seems like you could attack

Would swapping the beef out of a Big Mac extra value meal (super sized) make enough of a difference that it didn’t make people fat? Seems like you could attack that thing from a lot of different angles (smaller portions, not including a quart of sugar to drink, etc.) and get better results.

kalleboo 6y ago
And how healthy are these heavily-processed plant-based patties anyway? French fries are also plant-based, that doesn't make them healthy in and of itself.
- crooked-v 6y ago
  Broadly speaking, they're slightly healthier than cheap beef, but not to a degree that's going to change your life by itself.
ainiriand 6y ago
The WHO classifies raw meat as potential carcinogenic and cured meats as carcinogenic. Animal fat is a huge contributor to all sorts of cardiovascular diseases. Animal meat is loaded with antibiotics. Yes, both products are heavily processed and you should not make them the core of your diet. But one of them is outright unhealthy.
DoingIsLearning 6y ago
Putting US obesity calamity aside, a large fraction of Macdonalds' beef sold worldwide is produced in Brazil. Therefore not incentivizing water intensive, methane producing products, AND as a bonus further limiting the destruction of Amazonian ecosystems sounds like a great way to attack it to me? I remember a great story from a Macdonalds executive in a reddit AMA, who mentioned they had a pilot for a burger recipe which included grilled aubergine. The pilot was really successful and they had great feedback in tasting sessions but then they ran the numbers and quickly realize there wasn't enough world production of aubergine to role out the new burgers in their target markets. That story although funny really gives an insight into the scale and volume of Macdonalds as a business and their non-negligible impact on the world food market. For me most of Macdonalds taste is in the seasoning/sauces, if they can make a passable smokey flavoured bean/soya patty and suddenly have a ground breaking ecologic impact without even hitting their bottom line, I say more power to them.

kalleboo 6y ago

And how healthy are these heavily-processed plant-based patties anyway? French fries are also plant-based, that doesn't make them healthy in and of itself.

crooked-v 6y ago
Broadly speaking, they're slightly healthier than cheap beef, but not to a degree that's going to change your life by itself.

ainiriand 6y ago

The WHO classifies raw meat as potential carcinogenic and cured meats as carcinogenic. Animal fat is a huge contributor to all sorts of cardiovascular diseases. Animal meat is loaded with antibiotics. Yes, both products are heavily processed and you should not make them the core of your diet. But one of them is outright unhealthy.

DoingIsLearning 6y ago

Putting US obesity calamity aside, a large fraction of Macdonalds' beef sold worldwide is produced in Brazil. Therefore not incentivizing water intensive, methane producing products, AND as a bonus further limiting the destruction of Amazonian ecosystems sounds like a great way to attack it to me? I remember a great story from a Macdonalds executive in a reddit AMA, who mentioned they had a pilot for a burger recipe which included grilled aubergine. The pilot was really successful and they had great feedback in tasting sessions but then they ran the numbers and quickly realize there wasn't enough world production of aubergine to role out the new burgers in their target markets. That story although funny really gives an insight into the scale and volume of Macdonalds as a business and their non-negligible impact on the world food market. For me most of Macdonalds taste is in the seasoning/sauces, if they can make a passable smokey flavoured bean/soya patty and suddenly have a ground breaking ecologic impact without even hitting their bottom line, I say more power to them.