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A plant-based diet is cheaper than a regular diet: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-11-11-sustainable-eating-cheaper-and-healthier-oxford-study https://www.ox.ac.

by CWIZO 2y ago

A plant-based diet is cheaper than a regular diet: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-11-11-sustainable-eating-cheaper-and-healthier-oxford-study https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-11-11-sustainable-eating-chea...

pbhjpbhj 2y ago
Looking at Tesco online in UK: there's a soy protein 'mince' a £3.72/kg. Beef or chicken mince at £5. Quorn mycoprotein at £8.33. Beyond Meat at £13. Out of the 5 vegan and 8 vegetarian options, only the soy protein is cheaper than meat. I might replace one meal a week with the soy protein, but I'd be concerned about long term effects of phytoestrogen, especially on growing children? Mind you many foods have some hidden soy 'bulk' nowadays. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/soy/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/soy/ relates to understanding of health benefits/detriments of soy.
- triceratops 2y ago
  The imitation meat stuff is always expensive. Going straight to that for protein betrays a lack of imagination or culinary knowledge. How about beans, lentils, and frozen peas?
- hrrbhgrrggb 2y ago
  You wouldn’t use “meat replacements” though you’d just eat a vegetarian diet. If hundreds of millions of Indians can do it, so can westerners.
  - pbhjpbhj 2y ago
    Change is hard for [some] people. Fail to acknowledge that and you'll fail to foment radical change. That said, I merely posted this data because I looked it up and found it interesting as a comparison.
- cycomanic 2y ago
  Why do you need a "minced meat" substitute anyway? Compare your minced meat to a can of beans which one is cheaper. Moreover, it is well established research that most modern western diets contain too much animal products. If you think that living vegetarian causes so much problems, you need to explain how many cultures who live almost exclusively vegetarian (e.g. In some areas of India) without significant health problems.

by CWIZO 2y ago

pbhjpbhj 2y ago

Looking at Tesco online in UK: there's a soy protein 'mince' a £3.72/kg. Beef or chicken mince at £5. Quorn mycoprotein at £8.33. Beyond Meat at £13. Out of the 5 vegan and 8 vegetarian options, only the soy protein is cheaper than meat. I might replace one meal a week with the soy protein, but I'd be concerned about long term effects of phytoestrogen, especially on growing children? Mind you many foods have some hidden soy 'bulk' nowadays. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/soy/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/soy/ relates to understanding of health benefits/detriments of soy.

triceratops 2y ago
The imitation meat stuff is always expensive. Going straight to that for protein betrays a lack of imagination or culinary knowledge. How about beans, lentils, and frozen peas?
hrrbhgrrggb 2y ago
You wouldn’t use “meat replacements” though you’d just eat a vegetarian diet. If hundreds of millions of Indians can do it, so can westerners.
- pbhjpbhj 2y ago
  Change is hard for [some] people. Fail to acknowledge that and you'll fail to foment radical change. That said, I merely posted this data because I looked it up and found it interesting as a comparison.
cycomanic 2y ago
Why do you need a "minced meat" substitute anyway? Compare your minced meat to a can of beans which one is cheaper. Moreover, it is well established research that most modern western diets contain too much animal products. If you think that living vegetarian causes so much problems, you need to explain how many cultures who live almost exclusively vegetarian (e.g. In some areas of India) without significant health problems.