• Arkouda@lemmy.ca
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    18 days ago

    It isn’t about taste, it is about not being able to replace the nutritional value of the meat serving with the Vegan alternative. Vegan food is delicious, but it has issues getting everything you need into your body when replacing things found specifically in meats.

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      18 days ago

      Isn’t Impossible burger meat virtually identical nutritionally as real meat? That’s why it’s not very good for you. Like, burgers aren’t healthy.

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        18 days ago

        Isn’t Impossible burger meat virtually identical nutritionally as real meat? That’s why it’s not very good for you. Like, burgers aren’t healthy.

        This has nothing at all to do with what I am saying.

        My point is that articles pushing the flavour narrative are missing the point because it isn’t about taste. It is about the fact that being Vegan is expensive as it takes a lot of supplements outside of food consumption to replace what can only be found in meats that the human body requires to survive.

        Junk food tastes great, but it isn’t good for you. Burgers aren’t inherently unhealthy, just like Vegan food isn’t automatically healthy.

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          18 days ago

          Idk man, plenty of people survive just fine without eating meat. Multivitamins are incredibly cheap. I eat meat and I still take a multivitamin daily. It’s like $25 for a 6 month supply at Costco. Impossible burgers are about the same price as regular burgers there too. I can make an Impossible burger at home with all the fixings for less than the price of a Big Mac. Maybe you live in a place where these things are really expensive?

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            18 days ago

            There is a difference between surviving and thriving and many people are unhealthy believing they are healthy because of the massive amount of misinformation around general health. I can also make a real burger with real meats and veggies for less than the cost of a big mac. I will be healthier for it compared to your “impossible burger”.

            Not only are multivitamins basically worthless, they are also expensive. It is nice to hear you have enough money to spend on a healthy diet as well as enough to waste $25 on placebos.

            https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/is-there-really-any-benefit-to-multivitamins

            https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2024/03/18/no-vitamin-d-and-calcium-supplements-still-dont-work/

            There is no replacing a healthy diet and a healthy diet unfortunately involves something else dying. If you don’t like it get on a mass produced cost effective solution to replace meat without losing any of the things we need from it that also doesn’t kill something else.

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              18 days ago

              We can both agree that a healthy diet gives you all the vitamins and minerals you need. The average American diet (of which I suffer) is not a healthy diet. I’m a sucker for junk food, so I probably don’t get enough vitamins and minerals from my diet all the time. My wife cooks healthy meals, but when I have to cook for myself, I tend to just throw something in the air fryer. I think $4 a month is a reasonable price to make sure I still get vitamins and minerals regardless.

              I don’t know why you put “impossible burger” in quotes. Impossible is the brand name. It’s like saying Oscar Mayer hot dog.

              I hate to break it to you, but burgers aren’t part of a healthy diet. That includes Impossible burgers. If you’re relying on hamburgers to get your necessary vitamins and minerals, you won’t be healthy. You should eat them in moderation, like any junk food.

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                18 days ago

                Go talk to someone at your education level instead of arguing with me about things you do not understand even when provided some reading material and a clear point.

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                  18 days ago

                  Ok, I’m sorry I agreed with you and that you don’t agree that burgers are junk food. I’m assuming you’re a professional nutritionist, since you’re talking with the authority of one.

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                    18 days ago

                    I am assuming you are unable to read considering I provided information supporting my point while you ignorantly punch yourself in the face and cry about a point you attempted to make that doesn’t matter and I quickly refuted anyways.

                    Fuck off.