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I used to work at a food/recipe publication and had a similar experience -- users constantly complained that they wanted more healthy recipes, but those types o

I used to work at a food/recipe publication and had a similar experience -- users constantly complained that they wanted more healthy recipes, but those types of recipes always performed poorly. Meatloaf and other comfort foods dominated traffic. This has been a good opening for niche creators on Youtube and such -- i.e., there are plenty of people out there interested in vegan, oil-free recipes, and that audience can go to a specialist on Youtube and the creator can be successful covering only that one niche. But in aggregate it's not going to outperform food that provides more dopamine, so the major food publications have to deprioritize it.

nonethewiser 4y ago
Is meatloaf really unhealthy?
- ragingrobot 4y ago
  I suppose that depends on the meat you use and how else it's prepared. Use a high fat ground beef and bread crumbs that'll soak up that fat, and I'm sure many would consider that unhealthy. Use lean meat and something else as filler (oatmeal is common when trying to fill out meat) and it would be less unhealthy, but far more prone to error, resulting in perhaps a tasteless brick. Never read on meatloaf, but I'm sure a publication would go the "easier but fattier" route.
- Merad 4y ago
  I wouldn't call it unhealthy, unless you're of the mindset that red meat is inherently unhealthy. It does retain most of the fat from the ground beef which would cook out of normal burgers or hamburger steak. But it's also more filling than either of those due the fat and the inclusion of bread crumbs or oatmeal as filler.
  - wolverine876 4y ago
    > unless you're of the mindset that red meat is inherently unhealthy It's not a mindset, any more than gravity is a mindset.
    - Wolfenstein98k 4y ago
      Too binary. Red meat is "unhealthy" like spinach is unhealthy, using your logic. A moderate amount, especially lean, is considered a net health positive by the vast majority of the relevant professionals.
      - wolverine876 4y ago
        The comment before mine set the binary condition. I'm not writing a dissertation here. > A moderate amount, especially lean, is considered a net health positive by the vast majority of the relevant professionals. I don't think that's true, but how do you define "net health positive". My understanding is that you are better off without it, but a little won't kill you.
- alfalfasprout 4y ago
  I suspect as with many things the quantity plays a factor.

nonethewiser 4y ago

Is meatloaf really unhealthy?

ragingrobot 4y ago
I suppose that depends on the meat you use and how else it's prepared. Use a high fat ground beef and bread crumbs that'll soak up that fat, and I'm sure many would consider that unhealthy. Use lean meat and something else as filler (oatmeal is common when trying to fill out meat) and it would be less unhealthy, but far more prone to error, resulting in perhaps a tasteless brick. Never read on meatloaf, but I'm sure a publication would go the "easier but fattier" route.
Merad 4y ago
I wouldn't call it unhealthy, unless you're of the mindset that red meat is inherently unhealthy. It does retain most of the fat from the ground beef which would cook out of normal burgers or hamburger steak. But it's also more filling than either of those due the fat and the inclusion of bread crumbs or oatmeal as filler.
- wolverine876 4y ago
  > unless you're of the mindset that red meat is inherently unhealthy It's not a mindset, any more than gravity is a mindset.
  - Wolfenstein98k 4y ago
    Too binary. Red meat is "unhealthy" like spinach is unhealthy, using your logic. A moderate amount, especially lean, is considered a net health positive by the vast majority of the relevant professionals.
    - wolverine876 4y ago
      The comment before mine set the binary condition. I'm not writing a dissertation here. > A moderate amount, especially lean, is considered a net health positive by the vast majority of the relevant professionals. I don't think that's true, but how do you define "net health positive". My understanding is that you are better off without it, but a little won't kill you.
alfalfasprout 4y ago
I suspect as with many things the quantity plays a factor.