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fake meats are overly processed, and probably more expensive too. real chicken has far more protein and is better digested than fake meat. from a nutrition stan
by kart23 4y ago
fake meats are overly processed, and probably more expensive too. real chicken has far more protein and is better digested than fake meat. from a nutrition standpoint, the real thing is much better.
- toomuchtodo 4y agoTrue, but so is less of it. “Western Diet” is a real malady at scale. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_pattern_diet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_pattern_diet
- ch4s3 4y agoRed meat consumption has been declining in the US since the early 2000s and more people than ever are vegetarians. I think it's time to update the trope about the "Western" diet.
- rafaelero 4y agoVegetable consumption is still very low. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/vegetable-consumption-per-capita?tab=chart&country=~USA https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/vegetable-consumption-per...
- amanaplanacanal 4y agoCan’t replace meat consumption with vegetable consumption. Not enough calories. If you are giving up meat, you are replacing it with grains and legumes.
- sofixa 4y agoI skimmed the Wiki article but it seems incredibly US, maybe North America focused. Examples and data were American, and none of it is applicable to Western European countries I'm familiar with. Not that nobody drinks sugary drinks or nobody eats red meat or hamburgers, but they're much less of staples and processed foods are much rarer. So what's with so many people abusing "Western" to mean American and maybe Canadian?
- pj_mukh 4y ago"from a nutrition standpoint, the real thing is much better."* * for now.
- ZoomerCretin 4y agoYou know that there are more non-meat foods than just meat-substitutes, right?