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