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I guess people who buy protein powders are idiots? The whole point of "a well balanced diet" is to eat a variety of things to get all your nutrients. This produ

I guess people who buy protein powders are idiots? The whole point of "a well balanced diet" is to eat a variety of things to get all your nutrients. This product is simply another means of getting protein in your diet.

omginternets 6y ago
Your comparison doesn't hold. Whey protein is a supplement (of questionable utility, btw), whereas lab-grown meat is intended to replace meat.
- bun_at_work 6y ago
  Whey protein is not of questionable utility, it's used heavily by athletes worldwide, to great effect. Other proteins can be used, but it's the most common by far. The comparison might still not be perfect, but OPs point about needing a well-balanced diet is still relevant and important to this discussion. We don't get all our nutrients from a single source, especially not meat. So not getting all our nutrients from lab-grown meat isn't a problem. We'll get them from somewhere else. Unless you know there is a specific nutrient in meat, which we don't get from any other source, which lab grown meat won't replicate. However, that's unlikely or vegans would all be dead.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
  One does not need to eat meat in order to be healthy. There are hundreds of millions of vegetarians world wide; that's a hell of a sample size and yet there is a remarkable lack of evidence to support the claim that they are all unhealthy. So really, what's the problem with replacing meat?
OneGuy123 6y ago
Strawman, I never mentioned only those. Also this product will sooner or later be marketed as legit meat replacement. But otherwise yes, even those who'd eat it just for protein would be idiots because eg whey comes from a natural food source beforehand which means nature has already done it's thing properly beforehand. To think that growing stuff in a lab has no unintented consequences is beyond stupid, even if you use it "just for protein".
- bun_at_work 6y ago
  Instead of calling people stupid, perhaps you should spend some time reading up on the issues at hand. You can read about what the body needs and what is provided in lab-grown meat vs animal meat. You could learn about markets and where this is likely to end up in the market. You could learn about the actual process used and what the developers consider the risks and rewards.

omginternets 6y ago

Your comparison doesn't hold. Whey protein is a supplement (of questionable utility, btw), whereas lab-grown meat is intended to replace meat.

bun_at_work 6y ago
Whey protein is not of questionable utility, it's used heavily by athletes worldwide, to great effect. Other proteins can be used, but it's the most common by far. The comparison might still not be perfect, but OPs point about needing a well-balanced diet is still relevant and important to this discussion. We don't get all our nutrients from a single source, especially not meat. So not getting all our nutrients from lab-grown meat isn't a problem. We'll get them from somewhere else. Unless you know there is a specific nutrient in meat, which we don't get from any other source, which lab grown meat won't replicate. However, that's unlikely or vegans would all be dead.
AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
One does not need to eat meat in order to be healthy. There are hundreds of millions of vegetarians world wide; that's a hell of a sample size and yet there is a remarkable lack of evidence to support the claim that they are all unhealthy. So really, what's the problem with replacing meat?

OneGuy123 6y ago

Strawman, I never mentioned only those. Also this product will sooner or later be marketed as legit meat replacement. But otherwise yes, even those who'd eat it just for protein would be idiots because eg whey comes from a natural food source beforehand which means nature has already done it's thing properly beforehand. To think that growing stuff in a lab has no unintented consequences is beyond stupid, even if you use it "just for protein".

bun_at_work 6y ago
Instead of calling people stupid, perhaps you should spend some time reading up on the issues at hand. You can read about what the body needs and what is provided in lab-grown meat vs animal meat. You could learn about markets and where this is likely to end up in the market. You could learn about the actual process used and what the developers consider the risks and rewards.