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Not to parrot Michael Pollan too much, but I think I'll stick to eating food. His latest book provides plenty of skepticism on whether eating animal protein act
by cdcarter 14y ago
Not to parrot Michael Pollan too much, but I think I'll stick to eating food. His latest book provides plenty of skepticism on whether eating animal protein actually leads to cancer, obesity, type II, &c... or if it is perhaps due to an overly reductive food culture in the West.
What nutritionists are saying is good for us is changing ever decade. I'm going to stick to eating minimally processed food in moderation.
- earbitscom 14y agoVegetables are food. And even better still, they have zero cholesterol and basically provide much the same benefits without the bad side effects. Say what you want about the flip-flopping nature of nutrition trends, there is very little scientific data that shows that milk, cheese and red meat don't cause heart disease and other health concerns. Broccoli tends not to.
- cdcarter 14y agoOh I completely agree. Vegetables are great food. Whole grains are great sources of yummy carbs. And meats in moderation are likely Just Fine. Broccoli is food, highly processed soy injected with omega-3s and corn is a food-product, not food.
- earbitscom 14y agoFair enough. I'm not saying eating anything vegetarian, no matter how processed, is good for you. Just clarifying that, in my opinion, avoiding meat if you can is healthier.
- anthonyb 14y agoThere's very little evidence that it does. You just have to look at the recent article on salt (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4069613 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4069613) to see that conventional wisdom is often flawed. Similar cases were made for eating cholesterol (it has no effect on blood cholesterol) and fibre (doesn't prevent bowel cancer). There is strong evidence that eating a "western diet", high in calories and processed food, will cause obesity, cancer, diabetes, etc. but there's a lot of disagreement as to what that root cause is.
- earnon 14y agoVegetables are real food. Fake meat is not.
- tikhon 14y agoYum, fake chicken strips: "Water, Soy Protein Isolate, Pea Protein Isolate, Amaranth, Chicken Flavor (Maltodextrin, Yeast Extract, Natural Flavoring), Soy Fiber, Carrot Fiber, Canola Oil, Dipotassium Phosphate, Titanium Dioxide, White Vinegar" (http://beyondmeat.com/products/ http://beyondmeat.com/products/) I'll stick with Pollan's 5 ingredient rule as well.
- shasta 14y agoI think they're working on a version that's just "Water, Soy Protein Isolate, Pea Protein Isolate, Dipotassium Phosphate, and Titanium Dioxide", so you and Pollan can eat that.