Given the US is creating most of the climate problems, and Australia is on fire with over half a million animals killed, making all my years of vegetarianism and me feel even less significant than usual right now, I say if this burger helps, then good. It looks too much like meat for me to want to try it. I have enough delicious food to eat.... Shabbat shalom to you, too.
Peregrine Moss My man, first off I want to say that what you’re doing isn’t insignificant in the least bit, look at this videos view count, you are part of that, there’s are hundreds of millions of us individually, that make a collective. If it wasn’t for you there would be so many 10’s of thousands of gallons of water wasted, thousands of animals killed and tortured etc. You are greatly helping the industry, albeit a vegetarian, you’re doing the best you can, if I were you I’d go on reddit and try to connect a bit. You have a whole community of millions next to you. Vegans/Vegetarians make up 13~ of world pop. If you do think what you’re doing is insignificant, check out cowspiracy on Netflix, earthlings on the webs
yea the issue is these turd burglers at burger king seem to not be able to meet the demand because I've had a few instances of it being sold out when I truly wanted it
@Jordan Nathaniel Ballou they microwave it, if you ask, or by default(possibly due to recent backlash). But make sure you ask to have it microwaved just in case some dummy forgets
My husband and brother started eating the Impossible Whopper vs. the "real" thing even though they both love meat, and they choose it for the taste now. They have brought friends to try it, too, who are far from vegan, and they all like it, some even saying they would start to choose it simply because the wrapper isn't dripping with grease/fat like the actual Whopper. However, they put actual Mayo on it, so you gotta ask them to omit it if you want it to be vegan.
Personally, I'm hoping he wasn't "paid" by IB for making this video; quelling the heme controversy. IB has the most aggressive PR department, and I see promotion for their product everywhere- dispite the heme and rat testing controversy.
Impossible Burger tested positive for glyphosate herbicide, thus making red meat less threatening, rendering this video misleading. Sorry Mike. www.momsacrossamerica.com/gmo_impossible_burger_positive_for_carcinogenic_glyphosate
Why? I think human health is way more important than an ideology. 🤷🏽♀️ Was plant based for 3 years and it failed me. I never touched these processed mock meats either.
Still not sure I want to eat something that allegedly tastes exactly like dead animal ground up. I will stick with my 3-2-1 burgers 3 cups of beans, two cups of cooked rice and 1 cup of oat flour - plus spices and that tastes nice and freezes well too.
@@FKBUSH1 If you are worried about it not sticking together - first get your hands in and knead it well - often that will help and second you can add a flax egg (ground flaxseeds in water) to bind it.
Not interested in fake meat myself, but I always enjoy your thorough analysis. Vegan now 3 years to life. One of these years I'll have completely cruelty free holiday dinner tables.... even if that's only because I outlive my animal eating family members (ie I am left alone to enjoy my vegan creations with finally no one to ask "what's in this?" in a tone that implies that if it's vegan it's not real food). Anyway, I'm not bitter! Thanks for creating this awesome community!
Same. Everytime I cook something my brother asks what it is and I say I made it it's vegan and he's like "nah". Or worse, he sees food with a little bit of green inside (some pearsley etc) and he doesn't wanna eat it. He's 30 this year.
Many people don't like the fake meats but it is nice to know we have some hint of an option if we have to eat out somewhere like when traveling and we're caught unprepared food wise.
Impossible Burger tested positive for glyphosate herbicide, thus making red meat less threatening, rendering this video misleading. Sorry Mike, neither is healthy. www.momsacrossamerica.com/gmo_impossible_burger_positive_for_carcinogenic_glyphosate
@@VivaLaRaw glyphosate has never been considered carcinogenic in humans, just rats. WHO says you can't increase your risk of cancer by consuming any amount of food with glyphosate. It just can't happen in humans through diet. EU has the same position following their independent research. www.who.int/foodsafety/jmprsummary2016.pdf?ua=1 I hate Monsanto and Bayer like anyone else but let's not be anti-science. Be skeptical, sure, but not fear mongering.
@@PeregrineMoss that's my answer. I felt a deep internal suffering and sadness when I was a meat eater, like I was a piece of shit. Once I was vegan I feel peace and calm all my time. I am at peace and in love with life now :)
I like when they compare it to some expencive hyper high quality burger they made themselves, as if vegans cannot also make healthy food or as if fastfood places sell their burgers.
@@MictheVegan Impossible Burger tested positive for cancer-causing glyphosate herbicide, thus making red meat less threatening, rendering this video misleading. Sorry Mike, neither is healthy. www.momsacrossamerica.com/gmo_impossible_burger_positive_for_carcinogenic_glyphosate
@@MictheVegan I appreciate the research you did on this, but you forgot one critical piece of evidence. Impossible Burger tested positive for cancer-causing glyphosate herbicide, thus making red meat less threatening, rendering this video misleading. Sorry Mike, neither can be called "healthy." www.momsacrossamerica.com/gmo_impossible_burger_positive_for_carcinogenic_glyphosate I planted this comment in a few places to stir a real dialogue between a lot of meat eaters who viewed your video, and as you can read, I stirred up a lot of minds to investigate the WFPB approach. I hope to hear how you'd respond to this new evidence. As I posted to a person here, so you know where I stand on meat vs. WFPB, "I support freedom to choose all the way. At the same time, we all have the right to seek the truth as deep as we find sensible and lawful, resulting in pleasantness for us and planet. Our choices should be informed from reality truth, rather than uninformed or bent truth in favor of the seller. Sadhguru has good advice, in order for humanity to come to terms with ourselves, the goodness of the planet, etc, we must have freedom of choice, but we dont have to respect each other's choices, in fact the choice to "eat whatever you want" under the flag of "freedom of choice" is an illusion in your mind because every choice affects everything else around you, either making pleasantness or unpleasantness for people and planet, Isnt that so?" Happy New Year and Decade., Eric at www.vivalaraw.org
@@VivaLaRaw, well, breathless and overblown pearl-clutching is good for trolling, so congratulations on that, but the only "discussion" I saw from meat-eaters was the usual "hurr durr, grassfed tho, hurr durr... hurrrrr..." that they would have posted anyway. And for the record: The association between exposure to glyphosate and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was enough for the WHO's cancer research division to place it in the category of "probably carcinogenic", the same as red meat. What's more, the LD50 for glyphosate ingestion in rats is more than 20x that of caffeine, so it possible that ingestion isn't even the vector by which glyphosate causes cancer, if in fact it does. All of the successful lawsuits where plaintiffs claimed Round-up gave them cancer were farmers who had used it on crops for many years, and therefore would have been exposed by skin contact, breathing fumes, and possibly by contact with breakdown products or products of reactions with other chemicals it might have come in contact with. There are a lot of legitimate reasons to deplore Monsanto and to be concerned about the overuse of glyphosate, but the breathless pearl-clutching over foods containing miniscule amounts is probably misplaced.
Impossible Burger tested positive for glyphosate herbicide, thus making red meat less threatening, rendering this video misleading. Sorry Mike, neither is healthy. www.momsacrossamerica.com/gmo_impossible_burger_positive_for_carcinogenic_glyphosate
@@VivaLaRaw Exactly, it's worse than even feedlot beef for that and other reasons. It's ironic because vegans like to blow out of proportion the cancer risk of conventional animal foods, and act like it somehow applies to all animal foods. It blows my mind how vegans can say 5 eggs equals 1 cigarette and act like ANY animal foods are even in the same realm, and wonder why people don't take that seriously. Same goes for ethics and the environment, when the best pasture-raised beef is arguably more beneficial to the environment than harmful, and the cows are hardly suffering their whole lives, but just because they MUST be killed, it's 'murder'. It amazes me how much animal death and actual suffering happens just to save ONE pasture-raised cow, 1 million calories in one cow, 1 million calories of crops even if there's zero deaths somehow, it'll starve out countless animals that manage to survive the harvesting and agrochemicals. Then there's IGF-1, which increases risk of tumor growth, but vegans don't realize it's because it increases growth of everything, which isn't a bad thing. Spiking it too much too often is bad, that's why following a keto/carnivore diet it's a good idea to do 1-2 meals, and not at all difficult anyway. Eating only 1-2x a day is foreign to vegans, they eat almost as many times a day as they shit. Vegan athletes get injured and don't heal like they should for a reason, maybe they should spike their IGF-1 more and get over the fear of increasing risk of tumor growth, and get over the fat/cholesterol phobia while they're at it.
@@VivaLaRaw Also if you're vegan, props to you for being unbiased. Seriously, I was plant-based for years and seriously considering vegan, I'm still vegan at heart. It's why I work 2 jobs and make sacrifices not to support industrial farming of animals, or the grain industry that supports it. Also, I'm a bit drunk so excuse me poking fun at vegans lol.
@@stefanjones8042, except for the bun. And the cheese. And the pickle. And the lettuce. And the tomato. And the mayo. Or thousand island dressing, as you prefer.
You can add whatever you want to uncooked ground beef. You can add herbs and spices, hot sauce, grated cheeses, vegetable pieces, raw egg, etc., before cooking.
@@whitlockbr are plants not alive? Look, life feeds in life unless you're talking about bacteria. I'm not defending the beef industry and as someone who is familiar with corn farms; there is a lot of deaths (tons of rodents get rolled over when the fields get turned, not to mention insects) I just want to put out that raising rabbits in conjunction with plants could be a way for moving forward.
@@michael5068 I was making a failed attempt at being ironic :) I an actually on an all meat diet. 🍖 I do believe that plants and animals need to be treated like they're essential to the health of this planet. Our monocropping and industrial livestock are shameful. We should return to regenerative agriculture en masse.
*I just got a non-vegan ad promoting steak before this video. I am so excited to watch this new piece of content, but this 2min ad was extra painful to sit through. But you know I did it so that Mic wife and family can get that coin and keep on spreading the vegan saucy goodness*
Mic, for real, we need the vids with Spanish subtitles. Latam needs you, only in Argentina there is an estimated 4 million vegans, and not a single channel like yours.
For me, it's not a priority for a vegeburger to taste exactly like beef. Garden burgers, and Boca burgers, are fine. I suspect those burgers are bit healthier. With Impossible Whopper costing $6, I prefer to make burgers at home.
I had the Impossible Whopper for the first time and almost died of joyous tastebuds. Damn it was good. What was super interesting though was how the staff acted. Everyone ahead of me got the standard, bored as hell service. When I ordered the impossible they all got so excited, and lit up like Christmas trees. Hysterical!
Hey Mic. Informative as always but I do have one issue with the terminology you used in the title. Asking which is healthier implies they are both healthy but one is healthier. I would think the question should have been more like 'Which one is less damaging'. That implies that neither are healthy but if you were to eat one of them then eating X is the least damaging.
I see where you are coming from but I think it's valid to compare any two substances in terms of which is healthier from the angle of: "Which would yield a healthier outcome?" Also just in terms of searches no one is searching for "which one sucks more" :)
Cows: Look at what they need to mimic a fraction of our power. *Impossible burger proceeds to add tons of additives to be even close to a real meat burger*
Thank you for sharing all this awesome information. I've been trying to explain to my Grandparents how impossible isn't a health food but is healthier than the beef but I'm going to send this video over to them.
I tried the beyond burger the other day here in Norway as soon as I found it, as I have read a lot of good things about the taste. I have never eaten meat. Well, I didn't like it very much.. I asked others, and they all said it tasted creepily like meat. So turns out I don't even like burgers that mimick meat. I literally only like things that taste plant. But for people who think plant foods just taste like grass, it's a good thing that these burgers can disprove them. If you want to be unhealthy, at least only harm yourself doing it, you know.
@@davidsheridan6323 Wrong, soy has FITOESTROGEN not estrogen. If you're looking for mammal hormones, meat and dairy is full of it in addition to pregnancy and growth hormones.
@@davidsheridan6323 You mean phytoestrogen in soy flour, meat and milk have ACTUAL estrogen. Plus, saturated fat will give you ''man boobs'' very quickly as well.
@@GiuseppeZompatori Your i couldnt think of the name of that but great for making man boobs and the ones in meat at least we had 3 million years of evolvution to adapt to any possible negative affect of naturally occuring hormones there are in meat but the foods and processed crap and vegetable oils well you cant possiblly call that food never mind digest it properly
As someone who is moving form vegeterianisim to veganisim partly because I want to help the animals, imitation dead animal flesh does not sit well with me. I would rather just eat wholesome veggies.
For me it's impossible to eat the impossible burger. I mean... why eat something that looks, smells and tastes like cooked dead animals if you don't want to kill and eat animals in the first place?
im not a vegan and i agree 100% if you claim to be vegan "for the animals" then you have no business eating any kind of "fake meat" product I never see carnivores and other heavy meat eaters begging for fake veggies made of meat lol lol its nice to see some Vegans arnt hyprocrites
wouldn't a standard fast food burger be of lower quality than what the local butcher shop sells? if sold at a fast food chain then it should be compared to that.
That goes against the narrative, that is why most studies are from a vegan diet that is wholefoods to a SAD diet, literally anything beats the SAD, but they still pump them out there as a false positive, so to speak.
@@laurastephenson2516 if your on good terms with your local butcher who cares about your repeat business you will get better quality. customers can even have hamburger custom ground for the highest quality. my point is the impossible burger should not be compared to that but to the fast food crap meat they sell at fast food joints,
Have you seen the articles about how The Impossible Burger is NOT vegan due to animal testing? There have been other articles countering that, but I'd love to know your opinion. Thanks for another great video, Mike!
@@Qwazier3 - If it doesn't use animal products, but is tested on animals, it's plant-based, but NOT vegan. You could say the same thing about a plant-based shampoo tested on animals. It would NOT be considered vegan. I was simply curious if Mike had heard of the controversy and what his opinion might be. I wish I had asked him when he was on my UA-cam show, but I didn't know about it then! :)
@@Qwazier3 - I do not already know the answer. As I state in my original question, there are articles that make the case both ways. I posted an interesting one on Facebook recently where the author argues the burger IS vegan, despite the animal testing. It seems like a good video topic for Mike, who is my favorite vegan UA-camr.
Trish Tonks , it depends I guess on what you call “natural “ . It’s made from highly processed ingredients, the last time I checked, which I wouldn’t call natural either, but if you google impossible burger you can decide for yourself.
Many meat eaters have dogs. Explaining that you don’t want animals to suffer so you can eat helps. death is quick. Factory farming creates suffering on a mass scale. Prolonged suffering.
When it comes to selenium, I thought I was getting plenty on my diet as well. I was using Cronometer, and I always got well above 100%. But then I used a different program, which bases nutritional value on the content of local food. I live in Sweden, and our soil is depleted of selenium. So I had to get it from some other source. Luckily, a single brazil nut has about 100% of the daily requirement, so now I make sure to eat a couple of those every week.
@@suzancornelia I should have been more clear. The program is local. Meaning it's a Swedish program that is in Swedish. But it wont differ much from Cronometer. I used Cronometer to make sure I got everything, and selenium was the only one I was missing. It's called Dietist Net Pro. There should be equivalent programs in The Netherlands. It's not free though.
The impossible burger's absolutely lush. Like vegans always say, if we can have delicious food, but without innocent animals being murdered, it's win win. Better for the animals, the Planet and ourselves. It's a burger though so it's never going to be a 'health food'. Wholegrains, fruits and veggies are health foods.
I haven't had an Impossible Buger yet...cant bring myself to go into these places, but I'm glad there is an option, especially for people looking to cut down on meat consumption. Interesting comparison but anyone that's going to Burger King isnt going for its healthy food selection...vegan or otherwise.
I went to Burger King today for lunch and had the Impossible Whopper value meal. It came with fry's and a black coffee. I just went through the drive through. I ordered it well-done and no mayo but subbed with mustard. There was no line and it was painless. It cost about $8.00 bucks. You're right though, it's not a health thing it was a taste pleasure thing. It was good. I didn't have any ill effects from it either.
I guarantee you that there will be more healthy people eating impossible burgers. vegans/vegetarians are just in better shape than the average american. I recommend doing the drive thru order as well as the other guy
@@saintearth I'll probably have one at some point. I am curious to see how they taste. I've had the Beyond Meat burger at home and if I hadn't fixed it myself would have sworn it was a beef burger.
Wow I’m surprised that a slice of cheese has almost 500g of sodium, as well as cow puss and suffering. Maybe the cortisol from all the suffering adds to the hypertension seen in meat eaters. man am I glad I don’t touch that stuff! Also isn’t the animal testing a bit of a problem in impossible?
I heard some mention animal testing but none of them would provide a link that verifies it. Also, I can understand a bit of humane animal testing to justify the positives.
@@goku445 I try and be as vegan as I can be. I don't consume animal products. However, I own two small businesses and I do buy leather gloves for my employees. Yes, there is humane animal testing but I have the feeling you won't comprehend that.
Impossible Burger tested positive for cancer-causing glyphosate herbicide, thus making red meat less threatening, rendering this video misleading. Sorry Mike, neither is healthy. www.momsacrossamerica.com/gmo_impossible_burger_positive_for_carcinogenic_glyphosate
The impossible burger has...something like 43 grams of phytoestrogen. I know that phytoestrogens don't impact sex hormones in men but those studies were done using realistic proportions. Even excessive studies showed no change. But 43 grams is far too much. That exceeds the potency of hops in beer which absolutely screws with your hormones. To say it's hormone free is just not true.
@@rawveganfruitarian7290 yes thanks... I just did. Beyond and Impossible. But, I see why Beyond did it. So animals will NOT suffer in the future, in Hope that non vegans will accept a plant burger that tastes like a meat burger in turn saving animals.
@@sleepingwithcats5121 dude food pretty much has to be tested on non human animals before humans can eat it. It probably has to pass some rigorous safety study..
Im glad that vegans have this to enjoy. :) But there is also the fact of tons of additives added to the impossible burger. We are not sure of the long terms side effects and others. Id like to see a pure carnivore based diet comparison between a subject that only eats impossible burger and another with regular beef burger and see the difference. Until then, ill stay clear from factory based synthetic food and stick to whole foods
I personally dont eat it because its a trash food in my opinion, but i have noticed that it helped make a plant based diet look a lot more realistic to many people. So all props to them
Maybe I missed this being addressed in the video but has Impossible Foods changed their stance on animal testing? To my knowledge they’re not a vegan/“cruelty-free” company.
raw vegan fruitarian I think he’s saying they can’t call themselves “Vegan” bc they test on animals, so while the ingredients are vegan, the process isn’t
yeah, I'm n ot going there. Plus at a veg fest they were passin gout meatballs that some of their reps said were vegan when they were made with parmigiana. Seems underhanded to me.
@@GimmeDatSheep they were never once required by the FDA to test. That was a myth spread in order to exculpate themselves of any wrong doing (aka killing hundreds of rats unnecessarily)
I already know youll say the whatever "burger" is better without watching this video. The fact that anyone can think that garbage frankenstein burger is better than a grass fed beef burger proves we live in an insane asylum. Thx Mic.
I heard they tested it on animals. Does anyone know if that's true? Cause if that's the case it's not vegan at all imo. Not that I would be seen dead or alive in a BK.
Mic I have a vegan dilemma. I have lived a vegan based diet for about a year now; I have struggled with my health and eating a healthy vegan diet. I ended up in the hospital and my partner ended the relationship with me saying my vegan diet made me malnourished and if I want to possible have another chance at the relationship I need to “get healthy” I don’t want to eat meat I truly don’t, it’s uncomfortable and I would never find happiness or peace knowing I am eating a sentient being, but I don’t know what to do anymore. It’s not even that my personality sucks, or that I’m a horrible troll girlfriend it’s because my lifestyle is a liability as he said to his career.
Talk to someone from the True North Health Centre over the phone or on Skype. The doctors there will sort your diet out. Also your partner sounds like a jerk, there's no way your diet has any bearing on his career.
Ditch that person and "up" your calories. Is your partner a beef farmer? How would this effect their career? Maybe they are just using it as an excuse to move on with their life.
If they ended your relationship cuz u ended up in hospital, then they don’t have your best interests at heart. Eating meat will only make the other person comfortable.That’s sad when a loved one lets u down, I’m sorry for that. But take of your body! Nurture yourself as nobody will do that for u...there’s lots of V drs on YT that r full of nutritional advice. Good luck
That sounds horrible, i am sorry for you especially that with your ex-partner. I do not want to judge anyone but leaving the partner for such a reason is pretty silly and loveless. I hope you find a way to do better. Can you speak with a professional? Some people that eat a healthy vegan have problem eating enough calories or iodine. Maybe you check that?
I was hoping you were going to touch on the fact that the IB is made with GMO soy. I've also heard that estrogen has been found in the Burger King burger. Curious on your thoughts....
Yeah I would say the same, GMOs are definitely a health risk (but you can be healthy on a veganic diet so still leave the cows alone of course). And also I support veganarchism, good minds think alike!
As a meat eater, I don’t eat processed meats, and I’m not going to eat processed plants. The veggies and fruits I eat are whole and most often fresh, though on occasion frozen, but never processed. Hell, I don’t even eat American (processed) cheese ...
It absolutely astounds me how much support big fast food gets from vegans. Those inhuman corporate juggernauts will destroy anything in their path for their bottom line. They are catastrophic for the environment and public health, they are the complete opposite of vegan. What's that bit about minimising harm as practicable as possible? It's a stunning irony that normal people get a good laugh over.
@Jonah Whale I'm in Australia, we're not overly familiar with Cargill but I'm assuming it's a big factory farm feed lot type operation which I would never support in the first place. All our cows here wander around paddocks living a natural life protected from predators until we need them. Fair deal I'd say, our demand drives the need for their life then we take it for our nutrition. Happy days 🐮 🗡 🥩
Indeed the impossible burger isn't vegan because of this. But it's still better for meat eaters to choose it over beef. While it's not optimal it's undeniably better.
What about "vegan" products, made from a manufacturer that generally makes animal products (ie:hellman vegan mayo, becels vegan margarine, etc). I resent them "having" to test on rats too; but the majority of processed vegan food, is made from unethical companies. Who's to say that we are not subjected by mass cross contamination from these processors; or that every business has never tested on animals? Just sounds like your limiting your product pool.
@@stephss How I see it is if the produce it's self isn't tested on animals by that company then it's okay. The point is to have products that didn't need to be tested on animals to exist. Therefore showing it's possible to have products without animal testing. It also makes sense to avoid a company testing on animals, because to me testing on animals is worse in a lot of cases then farming. They basically abuse the animals, then kill the animal and dissect them. Which is worse then farming for meat. So it makes sense to avoid companies doing any animal testing and willing to do testing on animals for products when they don't need to. Within reason, if someone is dependent on life saving drugs and they can't get them from a company that hasn't tested on animals, I put human life first. But there is more and more coming out to make animal testing not needed even in medicine. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine talks about this if you want to watch their videos. Basically go as far as possible to avoid products tested on animals. I don't consider a company that is owned by another company as the same company. If you have a family, and your brother or sister eat meat, that isn't you. So if a company is owned by a company which does animal testing I don't consider that the same. But if you can support new businesses with next to no ties to other businesses, and they're ethical support them. It's just easier said then done for some people. So basically go as far as practically possible to avoid animal testing based on your circumstances.
@@stephss Go as far as practically possible to avoid companies that test on animals, within what is possible for you. To me what is most important is that a product isn't tested on animals by the company selling the product, and that the company isn't willing to test plant based products on animals. That way vegan products are made without that product directly being the reason that animals suffered. So it's about knowing products can exist without causing unnecessary animal cruelty. I think it also makes sense to avoid companies testing on animals were possible if you can. But say a medicine is tested on animals, to me I put peoples health first. Also the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine have videos on how in the future they will not use animals to test medicine. So then this will mean a lot less animal cruelty. I personally don't see a sister company or a brother company, or a small company owned by a larger company, as giving money to that company to do animal testing. In that you're supporting the company or products not being tested on animals, and not causing animal cruelty. Just like giving your brother or sister money at Christmas is not you saying go spend it on animal testing. So as long as you're supporting a product that causes no animal exploitation or cruelty that is fine. However it makes sense to try give your money to people more likely to spend that money ethically over someone that isn't. So if there is a company that is all vegan and very ethical, and they're creating ethical products and have no real ties with dodgy companies that obviously makes more sense to support them. Basically aim to support those where you think it will lead to money going to people that are more ethically motivated over profit motivated.
I’m a meat eater but if they were able to prove that this is a healthier option - or better yet a healthy option, I wouldn’t mind eating this instead of animal meat
Thanks for this info - they both sounds pretty awful. I’ll be sure to go to a place where I can get a good old fashioned bean burger 😄 However, I’m really glad that people are choosing the Impossible burger over the Cow Butt burger 👍
I ate an impossible burger and vomited it up hrs later. I tried a few weeks to eat one again,same thing happened. **I'll stick to my forks over knives black bean burger,no oil that I make and bake at home**
I dont think it's a fair comparison with lab synthesized vitamins versus naturally occurring vitamins and other minerals etc and you didnt mention that free range grass fed beef contains a lot of omega 3, nearly all the fat in an impossible burger is omega 6. Omega 6 causes inflammation and inflammation is the reason the whole hdl ldl cholesterol goes wrong. I'm not a vegan but I do have plant based days that dont contain "Frankenstein" foods.
@Thu Nell Ⓥ he might be referring to fast food burgers. I've never eaten a fast food burger and I'm 63 yrs young. They entered the market when I was a teen. Fortunately I was a health nut then and wouldn't eat fast food.
This was an amazing video! As a 13 year old vegetarian in a meat- eating family living in Indiana, the vegetarian foods available are all frozen, tofu, or the impossible whopper. I like how you were fair, and went into detail. Amazing video and Happy New Year! ❤
For fast food, the Impossible burger is really good. Del Taco also has a vegan burrito with black beans and sliced avocado that is quite good. I'm in California though, not sure about the menus in interior states.
When eating on the run, Taco Bell is the best imo. Meats can be swapped for black beans and anything can have cheese and sour cream removed for a Pico De Gallo type salsa they call fresco style. These are free swaps. Obviously you can add on guacamole or other vegan add ons to bulk up an item but at a cost. Also I think their potato tacos fresco style would be vegan, but the potatoes are fried so maybe not the healthiest.
@@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530 This is true, but I believe the veggie patties are microwaved. No restaurant, outside of a vegan one, is going to be perfectly ideal.
Banished From The Dwarf Planet depends how you look at it. If you are concerned with any animal related contact, sure, but if your main objective is to not contribute to demand of the products, then its a non issue.
I've eaten the Impossible Whopper twice. Both times I was paranoid that the workers were messing with me and was feeding me a regular burger as a joke or by mistake.
If you think Impossible whopper is healthy take me up on this challenge i will eat all beef patties for 2 months and you will eat all Impossible whopper for 2 months take a blood test before and after. And check how fitness is aswell.
I watched this video so that I can quit my impossible burger addiction and learn bad things about it.... but now I feel like I need to continue lmao. (I'm not vegan, just vegetarian. Working my way up to veganism eventually)
The Impossible Burger has 4.2 mg of iron per serving (25% daily requirement). For someone like me who has a HFE gene mutation = 4x more iron absorption) - that’s 100% of my daily requirement. I’ve heard that they add heme iron to this burger to make it taste like meat. Heme iron is in meat and is easily absorbed - plants have nonheme iron which is harder to absorb. Iron is an oxidant (ages you) and as you get older you absorb more iron anyway. It turns out bacteria in the lower gut LOVE iron. After finding out I had the HFE iron-loading gene -I switched to eating vegan ( avoiding heme iron) and cured my gut infection. I will not be eating this high iron-containing burger!
Interesting perspective. You usually hear carnists crying that you can't get iron on a vegan diet, which is of course false. Do you actually over-absorb iron even as a vegan?
@@FloydFreud After finding out that I had 2 copies of an iron-loading gene (HFE gene), I read that people with this gene can absorb up to 4 x as much iron than normal. I read that heme iron was more easily absorbed than nonheme iron. I also read that the body might be able to regulate the absorption of iron uptake (nonheme iron) from plant sources. Armed with that information, I theorized that my gene mutation is a "famine" gene mutation that allows for easy absorption of iron from any source. At the time, I was suffering a recurring gut infection even though I had been eating healthy = lean organic meats, organic dairy, eggs, whole grains, vegetables, fruits, nuts & seeds, & organic olive oil. I also read that bacteria LOVE iron. It seemed to me that my chronic gut infection could be recurring due to me providing bad bacteria in my gut, too much iron due to my HFE gene. I decided to cut out meat (heme iron) entirely. After a week or so of no meat, my gut infection & pain went away and hasn't recurred since. I then decided to try eating vegan to cut out saturated animal fat & hormones from (organic!) dairy (especially cow milk-based cheeses, butter, ice cream) and eggs. Since I went vegan, several other health conditions have cleared up. I have a lot more energy. I'm sleeping better now that my digestive problems have gone away - even stopped grinding my teeth at night. I feel SO much better & healthier -so I'll keep eating vegan/vegetarian. I don't have any scientifically verified, double-blind, large population, studies to verify my theory. However, I won't be eating any so-called vegetarian, HEME iron rich, Impossible Burgers. I might as well just eat a real hamburger and get the HEME iron from that!
Floyd Freud I don’t know, I imagine if the iron is added as a supplement like it is in the Impossible Burger that the answer would be yes. All I can say is, I have this gene, I stopped eating meat, dairy, eggs (except once in a very great while) and my digestion and my skin are becoming healthier. So what I will say is, the vegan diet is working for me. I was aging rapidly, now my body is repairing itself. Some research facility is going to have to do actual verifiable studies on vegan diet + hfe gene in people + iron absorption
Mic the Vegan I got two of the “We’re all animals” I love it because it’s so true! But it’s subtle enough to make people think, and not super “in your face” with the vegan lifestyle. Thanks Mic!:)
Back when I was having problems with my balls becoming sore I tried eating raw steak made the balls nice and firm and prevented from having be painful to walk. So raw meat healthy the plants I removed that fucked up my hormones like almonds and walnuts and peanuts or unhealthy cause they are toxic for balls.
We actually find beyond beef to be better tasting and more healthy but yeah these are all only once and a while type things that’s for sure....still better for us and for the planet can’t argue that....but whole plant foods most of the time for sure....great job Mic.... 🌱💪🌎👍
I tried an impossible burger at Burger King...it went down fine but I felt like I was burping tire rubber later and my digestion was blah...it didn’t come out for a few days. TMI, yes. But I won’t be having it again. Maybe I should try it made at home or a different restaurant. Thanks for all the work you do to inform us.👊🏾
I eat, from time to time, a Beyond Burger, while avoiding the Impossible due to its GMO. How does the Beyond measure up against Impossible and dead cow? I don't eat it often, but would appreciate knowing whether it's no worse than Impossible. Thanks.
Real food over processed food any day. According to this thought process, Soylent is also better than all real food. I also cant stand cherry picking details- like pointing out that adding cheese would add sodium, but ifnoring that it would also add calcium and other vitamins. I think these meatless options are great, but better than the real thing... thats a hard debate.
I much prefer a black bean burger. :)
Same! My black bean mushroom burgers are pretty darn close to beef. Everyone even non vegans in my family love it, woot!
I crave vegetables.
@@KnowYourProduce Oi, share the recipe!
@@SylvanasWindrunnerResurrected we have it on our site 😊
Gimme a portobello!
The Impossible Burger is not healthy, but it’s healthier. And, of course, it’s far better for the environment and ethics.
Shabbat shalom!
Its more of a conversation topic creator than the product itself. It makes veganism seem different
Who cares dude
Given the US is creating most of the climate problems, and Australia is on fire with over half a million animals killed, making all my years of vegetarianism and me feel even less significant than usual right now, I say if this burger helps, then good. It looks too much like meat for me to want to try it. I have enough delicious food to eat.... Shabbat shalom to you, too.
Peregrine Moss My man, first off I want to say that what you’re doing isn’t insignificant in the least bit, look at this videos view count, you are part of that, there’s are hundreds of millions of us individually, that make a collective. If it wasn’t for you there would be so many 10’s of thousands of gallons of water wasted, thousands of animals killed and tortured etc. You are greatly helping the industry, albeit a vegetarian, you’re doing the best you can, if I were you I’d go on reddit and try to connect a bit. You have a whole community of millions next to you. Vegans/Vegetarians make up 13~ of world pop. If you do think what you’re doing is insignificant, check out cowspiracy on Netflix, earthlings on the webs
"The Impossible Burger is not healthy, but it’s healthier"
I like to refer to it as 'less bad'.
When I tell non vegans I eat primarily whole foods I have to tell them I'm not talking about the store, even though I shop there LOL
spliter227 😂
Lol same, I see their confusion when I say I eat a whole foods diet
Remind them that there is a plant kingdom and an animal kingdom. That seems to help them wrap their minds around what I'm talking about.
I'm a meat eater but I'd say Impossible Whopper is as good as the Whopper. I'd get one again for sure.
It's great that you watch Mic's channel! Please check out his other videos. He is very friendly and never judgemental.
yea the issue is these turd burglers at burger king seem to not be able to meet the demand because I've had a few instances of it being sold out when I truly wanted it
yeah when i used to eat meat i thought the cow flesh whopper was a bit dry - impossible whopper was much better bc it was less dry - for me
@Jordan Nathaniel Ballou they microwave it, if you ask, or by default(possibly due to recent backlash). But make sure you ask to have it microwaved just in case some dummy forgets
My husband and brother started eating the Impossible Whopper vs. the "real" thing even though they both love meat, and they choose it for the taste now. They have brought friends to try it, too, who are far from vegan, and they all like it, some even saying they would start to choose it simply because the wrapper isn't dripping with grease/fat like the actual Whopper. However, they put actual Mayo on it, so you gotta ask them to omit it if you want it to be vegan.
“They paid me in allowing me to sleep at night.” I love this line. Thanks Mic, great video.
Personally, I'm hoping he wasn't "paid" by IB for making this video; quelling the heme controversy. IB has the most aggressive PR department, and I see promotion for their product everywhere- dispite the heme and rat testing controversy.
Steph Ss He was not, as he states at the end of the video.
Bwahaha! That's so funny.
Before I watch I’m gonna go ahead and guess that the plant burger is healthier than the dead cow burger
Even without watching the video we can win the bet that it's healthier for the cow (or the horse).
@Gerardo Argueta could be healthIER than the dead animal flesh burger
@Gerardo Argueta healthier *
Impossible Burger tested positive for glyphosate herbicide, thus making red meat less threatening, rendering this video misleading. Sorry Mike. www.momsacrossamerica.com/gmo_impossible_burger_positive_for_carcinogenic_glyphosate
@@VivaLaRaw Misleading? That would be one error among many statements..
Healthier or not... I'd rather eat unhealthy than eating animal's blood 🤢🤢 bones,skin etc....
A true vegan here!
What about the poor rats that impossible foods used to do animal testing on for their product? :(
True vegans. Your health is less important than an animal’s life!
you made me hungy for some delicious fried chicken
Why? I think human health is way more important than an ideology. 🤷🏽♀️ Was plant based for 3 years and it failed me. I never touched these processed mock meats either.
Still not sure I want to eat something that allegedly tastes exactly like dead animal ground up. I will stick with my 3-2-1 burgers 3 cups of beans, two cups of cooked rice and 1 cup of oat flour - plus spices and that tastes nice and freezes well too.
Do you just blend those up and bake them?
@@SSSyndrome214 yes, I put them in my stand mixer because I prefer the beans not completely smooshed but basically that is the recipe.
@@johncrwarner I'll try that, thanks. Do they hold up ok if you add onions etc...?
@@FKBUSH1 finely chopped and I usually water sautée them too if adding - though I have roasted onion powder and garlic powder which I normally add.
@@FKBUSH1 If you are worried about it not sticking together - first get your hands in and knead it well - often that will help and second you can add a flax egg (ground flaxseeds in water) to bind it.
Not interested in fake meat myself, but I always enjoy your thorough analysis. Vegan now 3 years to life. One of these years I'll have completely cruelty free holiday dinner tables.... even if that's only because I outlive my animal eating family members (ie I am left alone to enjoy my vegan creations with finally no one to ask "what's in this?" in a tone that implies that if it's vegan it's not real food). Anyway, I'm not bitter! Thanks for creating this awesome community!
Same. Everytime I cook something my brother asks what it is and I say I made it it's vegan and he's like "nah". Or worse, he sees food with a little bit of green inside (some pearsley etc) and he doesn't wanna eat it. He's 30 this year.
Janelle Frickert tell him he needs to stop acting like a child.
Many people don't like the fake meats but it is nice to know we have some hint of an option if we have to eat out somewhere like when traveling and we're caught unprepared food wise.
I feel your pain. I have the same issue with my family.
I mainly do chicken and fish, but enjoy the first impossible burgers I made which are pea protein based and easily healthier than red meat.
i don’t care if it’s healthier, it tastes better and isn’t made from rotten flesh. it’s a win win!
You still get beef. Burger King doesn't have separate grills for rotting plants.
But does it rot in your gut like real meat?
Impossible Burger tested positive for glyphosate herbicide, thus making red meat less threatening, rendering this video misleading. Sorry Mike, neither is healthy. www.momsacrossamerica.com/gmo_impossible_burger_positive_for_carcinogenic_glyphosate
Feeling sorry for scavengers?
@@VivaLaRaw glyphosate has never been considered carcinogenic in humans, just rats.
WHO says you can't increase your risk of cancer by consuming any amount of food with glyphosate. It just can't happen in humans through diet. EU has the same position following their independent research.
www.who.int/foodsafety/jmprsummary2016.pdf?ua=1
I hate Monsanto and Bayer like anyone else but let's not be anti-science. Be skeptical, sure, but not fear mongering.
After going vegan I was finally able to sleep soundly.
Wow. That's super interesting. How or why do you think that happened?
@@PeregrineMoss clear conscience
@@tommy7830 Nice answer. I'm still interested in what Tristan says though.
Makes sense. It helps you to go to sleep quicker and wake up easier
@@PeregrineMoss that's my answer. I felt a deep internal suffering and sadness when I was a meat eater, like I was a piece of shit. Once I was vegan I feel peace and calm all my time. I am at peace and in love with life now :)
Hey Mic! Please do an Impossible vs Beyond Burger 🍔 That would be interesting as well
I was just thinking this (:
I like when they compare it to some expencive hyper high quality burger they made themselves, as if vegans cannot also make healthy food or as if fastfood places sell their burgers.
I’ve been waiting for this information! Happy New year Mic.
To you as well!!
@@MictheVegan Impossible Burger tested positive for cancer-causing glyphosate herbicide, thus making red meat less threatening, rendering this video misleading. Sorry Mike, neither is healthy. www.momsacrossamerica.com/gmo_impossible_burger_positive_for_carcinogenic_glyphosate
Lol just eat the burger ffs
@@MictheVegan I appreciate the research you did on this, but you forgot one critical piece of evidence. Impossible Burger tested positive for cancer-causing glyphosate herbicide, thus making red meat less threatening, rendering this video misleading. Sorry Mike, neither can be called "healthy." www.momsacrossamerica.com/gmo_impossible_burger_positive_for_carcinogenic_glyphosate
I planted this comment in a few places to stir a real dialogue between a lot of meat eaters who viewed your video, and as you can read, I stirred up a lot of minds to investigate the WFPB approach. I hope to hear how you'd respond to this new evidence.
As I posted to a person here, so you know where I stand on meat vs. WFPB,
"I support freedom to choose all the way. At the same time, we all have the right to seek the truth as deep as we find sensible and lawful, resulting in pleasantness for us and planet. Our choices should be informed from reality truth, rather than uninformed or bent truth in favor of the seller. Sadhguru has good advice, in order for humanity to come to terms with ourselves, the goodness of the planet, etc, we must have freedom of choice, but we dont have to respect each other's choices, in fact the choice to "eat whatever you want" under the flag of "freedom of choice" is an illusion in your mind because every choice affects everything else around you, either making pleasantness or unpleasantness for people and planet, Isnt that so?"
Happy New Year and Decade., Eric at www.vivalaraw.org
@@VivaLaRaw, well, breathless and overblown pearl-clutching is good for trolling, so congratulations on that, but the only "discussion" I saw from meat-eaters was the usual "hurr durr, grassfed tho, hurr durr... hurrrrr..." that they would have posted anyway.
And for the record: The association between exposure to glyphosate and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was enough for the WHO's cancer research division to place it in the category of "probably carcinogenic", the same as red meat. What's more, the LD50 for glyphosate ingestion in rats is more than 20x that of caffeine, so it possible that ingestion isn't even the vector by which glyphosate causes cancer, if in fact it does. All of the successful lawsuits where plaintiffs claimed Round-up gave them cancer were farmers who had used it on crops for many years, and therefore would have been exposed by skin contact, breathing fumes, and possibly by contact with breakdown products or products of reactions with other chemicals it might have come in contact with. There are a lot of legitimate reasons to deplore Monsanto and to be concerned about the overuse of glyphosate, but the breathless pearl-clutching over foods containing miniscule amounts is probably misplaced.
Been vegan since October, this is my favorite vegan UA-cam channel, and cosmic skeptic but he talks about other subjects as well
Ralph smart / infinite waters is vegan and talks about positive stuff. Good luck
Impossible Burger tested positive for glyphosate herbicide, thus making red meat less threatening, rendering this video misleading. Sorry Mike, neither is healthy. www.momsacrossamerica.com/gmo_impossible_burger_positive_for_carcinogenic_glyphosate
@@VivaLaRaw Exactly, it's worse than even feedlot beef for that and other reasons. It's ironic because vegans like to blow out of proportion the cancer risk of conventional animal foods, and act like it somehow applies to all animal foods. It blows my mind how vegans can say 5 eggs equals 1 cigarette and act like ANY animal foods are even in the same realm, and wonder why people don't take that seriously.
Same goes for ethics and the environment, when the best pasture-raised beef is arguably more beneficial to the environment than harmful, and the cows are hardly suffering their whole lives, but just because they MUST be killed, it's 'murder'. It amazes me how much animal death and actual suffering happens just to save ONE pasture-raised cow, 1 million calories in one cow, 1 million calories of crops even if there's zero deaths somehow, it'll starve out countless animals that manage to survive the harvesting and agrochemicals.
Then there's IGF-1, which increases risk of tumor growth, but vegans don't realize it's because it increases growth of everything, which isn't a bad thing. Spiking it too much too often is bad, that's why following a keto/carnivore diet it's a good idea to do 1-2 meals, and not at all difficult anyway. Eating only 1-2x a day is foreign to vegans, they eat almost as many times a day as they shit. Vegan athletes get injured and don't heal like they should for a reason, maybe they should spike their IGF-1 more and get over the fear of increasing risk of tumor growth, and get over the fat/cholesterol phobia while they're at it.
@@brians1793 No doubt organic whole food plant based is the best bet.
@@VivaLaRaw Also if you're vegan, props to you for being unbiased. Seriously, I was plant-based for years and seriously considering vegan, I'm still vegan at heart. It's why I work 2 jobs and make sacrifices not to support industrial farming of animals, or the grain industry that supports it.
Also, I'm a bit drunk so excuse me poking fun at vegans lol.
Main advantage of a veggie burger is that you can constantly add to it while beef patties stay the same. Never thought of it that way.
You don't need to add to a beef burger as its naturally complete
@@stefanjones8042 no its not, have you watched this video, duh
@@stefanjones8042, except for the bun. And the cheese. And the pickle. And the lettuce. And the tomato. And the mayo. Or thousand island dressing, as you prefer.
You can add to the beef pattie, you have herbs cheese etc, not even talking about the burger as whole.
You people are deluded.
You can add whatever you want to uncooked ground beef. You can add herbs and spices, hot sauce, grated cheeses, vegetable pieces, raw egg, etc., before cooking.
Glen Beck's instincts were wrong. wow, a rare miss!
Andrew Brock at least he didn’t cry 😭
*A VEGAN WORLD......it's happening!*
It's not like we have a choice.
It would be interesting to see a comparison of the "carbon footprints" of Impossible Burger vs. Beef
quantis-intl.com/heres-how-the-footprint-of-the-plant-based-impossible-burger-compares-to-beef/
i agree!!
www.cnet.com/news/is-fake-meat-really-better-for-the-environment/ probably closer to the truth. At least you're not eating something that is alive....
@@whitlockbr are plants not alive? Look, life feeds in life unless you're talking about bacteria. I'm not defending the beef industry and as someone who is familiar with corn farms; there is a lot of deaths (tons of rodents get rolled over when the fields get turned, not to mention insects) I just want to put out that raising rabbits in conjunction with plants could be a way for moving forward.
@@michael5068 I was making a failed attempt at being ironic :) I an actually on an all meat diet. 🍖 I do believe that plants and animals need to be treated like they're essential to the health of this planet. Our monocropping and industrial livestock are shameful. We should return to regenerative agriculture en masse.
Mic you're the best buddy. You are my favorite UA-cam vegan
My first thought was who even cares about the health, it’s a “burger” it’s not supposed to be healthy! It should be about saving animals
Date a shotgun then. You would make environment and animals a Nobel prize effort. Bless you. (Joke)
*I just got a non-vegan ad promoting steak before this video. I am so excited to watch this new piece of content, but this 2min ad was extra painful to sit through. But you know I did it so that Mic wife and family can get that coin and keep on spreading the vegan saucy goodness*
Gimme all your money meat companies so I can end you. It's cuz I tagged beef for sure. Sry.
That was thoughtful, I do that too, but shut the volume and divert the screen.
@@MictheVegan This 😆
Mic, for real, we need the vids with Spanish subtitles. Latam needs you, only in Argentina there is an estimated 4 million vegans, and not a single channel like yours.
Dude, you absolutely kill every single video! You're such a value to the vegan community. No one goes into detail like you
For me, it's not a priority for a vegeburger to taste exactly like beef. Garden burgers, and Boca burgers, are fine. I suspect those burgers are bit healthier. With Impossible Whopper costing $6, I prefer to make burgers at home.
I had the Impossible Whopper for the first time and almost died of joyous tastebuds. Damn it was good. What was super interesting though was how the staff acted. Everyone ahead of me got the standard, bored as hell service. When I ordered the impossible they all got so excited, and lit up like Christmas trees. Hysterical!
And then everybody clapped.
@@alainchristian don't forget the part where they stood up.
Hey Mic. Informative as always but I do have one issue with the terminology you used in the title. Asking which is healthier implies they are both healthy but one is healthier. I would think the question should have been more like 'Which one is less damaging'. That implies that neither are healthy but if you were to eat one of them then eating X is the least damaging.
I see where you are coming from but I think it's valid to compare any two substances in terms of which is healthier from the angle of: "Which would yield a healthier outcome?" Also just in terms of searches no one is searching for "which one sucks more" :)
Cows: Look at what they need to mimic a fraction of our power.
*Impossible burger proceeds to add tons of additives to be even close to a real meat burger*
Man-made stuff often ends with unintended consequences.
logic like that flys by vegans
Bingo!
Processed is processed, and that’s what you’re getting whether you consume a meat based burger or a plant based burger.
Thank you for sharing all this awesome information. I've been trying to explain to my Grandparents how impossible isn't a health food but is healthier than the beef but I'm going to send this video over to them.
I tried the beyond burger the other day here in Norway as soon as I found it, as I have read a lot of good things about the taste. I have never eaten meat.
Well, I didn't like it very much.. I asked others, and they all said it tasted creepily like meat.
So turns out I don't even like burgers that mimick meat. I literally only like things that taste plant. But for people who think plant foods just taste like grass, it's a good thing that these burgers can disprove them.
If you want to be unhealthy, at least only harm yourself doing it, you know.
@12:04 Preach! So many people forget milk and meat have hormones.
It shows how disconnected they are.
Soy flour has 15 million ng of estrogen in it to create your man boobs. Gras fed beef has 7 ng you have no point here
@@davidsheridan6323 Wrong, soy has FITOESTROGEN not estrogen.
If you're looking for mammal hormones, meat and dairy is full of it in addition to pregnancy and growth hormones.
@@davidsheridan6323 You mean phytoestrogen in soy flour, meat and milk have ACTUAL estrogen. Plus, saturated fat will give you ''man boobs'' very quickly as well.
@@GiuseppeZompatori Your i couldnt think of the name of that but great for making man boobs and the ones in meat at least we had 3 million years of evolvution to adapt to any possible negative affect of naturally occuring hormones there are in meat but the foods and processed crap and vegetable oils well you cant possiblly call that food never mind digest it properly
@micthevegan what about glyphosate levels in both impossible meat and animal meat? Could you please do a video on this aspect.
As someone who is moving form vegeterianisim to veganisim partly because I want to help the animals, imitation dead animal flesh does not sit well with me. I would rather just eat wholesome veggies.
For me it's impossible to eat the impossible burger. I mean... why eat something that looks, smells and tastes like cooked dead animals if you don't want to kill and eat animals in the first place?
im not a vegan and i agree 100% if you claim to be vegan "for the animals" then you have no business eating any kind of "fake meat" product I never see carnivores and other heavy meat eaters begging for fake veggies made of meat lol lol its nice to see some Vegans arnt hyprocrites
wouldn't a standard fast food burger be of lower quality than what the local butcher shop sells? if sold at a fast food chain then it should be compared to that.
That goes against the narrative, that is why most studies are from a vegan diet that is wholefoods to a SAD diet, literally anything beats the SAD, but they still pump them out there as a false positive, so to speak.
All meat sold to fast foods is of equal
Quality. Ground meat, hot dogs, etc are from tougher areas, so the meat is less tender. Still same nutrition
@@laurastephenson2516 if your on good terms with your local butcher who cares about your repeat business you will get better quality. customers can even have hamburger custom ground for the highest quality. my point is the impossible burger should not be compared to that but to the fast food crap meat they sell at fast food joints,
Have you seen the articles about how The Impossible Burger is NOT vegan due to animal testing? There have been other articles countering that, but I'd love to know your opinion. Thanks for another great video, Mike!
If it doesn't USE animal products in it's making, it is indeed vegan. That being said if animal testing is going on then it's not ETHICALLY vegan.
@@Qwazier3 - If it doesn't use animal products, but is tested on animals, it's plant-based, but NOT vegan. You could say the same thing about a plant-based shampoo tested on animals. It would NOT be considered vegan. I was simply curious if Mike had heard of the controversy and what his opinion might be. I wish I had asked him when he was on my UA-cam show, but I didn't know about it then! :)
@@adamwoodsmd Since you already know the answer, why'd you ask Mike for the answer?
@@Qwazier3 - I do not already know the answer. As I state in my original question, there are articles that make the case both ways. I posted an interesting one on Facebook recently where the author argues the burger IS vegan, despite the animal testing. It seems like a good video topic for Mike, who is my favorite vegan UA-camr.
dude food pretty much has to be tested on non human animals before humans can eat it. It probably has to pass some rigorous safety study..
I wish that you had talked about the ingredients list . Could you make one as posts are going around saying the ingredients arent " natural " .
Trish Tonks , it depends I guess on what you call “natural “ . It’s made from highly processed ingredients, the last time I checked, which I wouldn’t call natural either, but if you google impossible burger you can decide for yourself.
The ingredients are linked in the description
They both are unhealthy
GMOs are not natural.
@@leolauchere2408 GMOs are not bad for you lol they're potentially bad for the environment, but definitely not bad for you
Many meat eaters have dogs. Explaining that you don’t want animals to suffer so you can eat helps. death is quick. Factory farming creates suffering on a mass scale. Prolonged suffering.
What about the issue of cross contamination?
When it comes to selenium, I thought I was getting plenty on my diet as well. I was using Cronometer, and I always got well above 100%. But then I used a different program, which bases nutritional value on the content of local food. I live in Sweden, and our soil is depleted of selenium. So I had to get it from some other source. Luckily, a single brazil nut has about 100% of the daily requirement, so now I make sure to eat a couple of those every week.
Good point
Oooh which program do you use now? As someone from the Netherlands it might be the same here!
@@suzancornelia I should have been more clear. The program is local. Meaning it's a Swedish program that is in Swedish. But it wont differ much from Cronometer. I used Cronometer to make sure I got everything, and selenium was the only one I was missing.
It's called Dietist Net Pro. There should be equivalent programs in The Netherlands. It's not free though.
@Angela Nicoll Check my answer to Suzan.
@@Astillion thanks a lot for your quick reply. I'll look into it (or try learning some Swedish hahaha)!
Is Mic okay? He looks sick....
He always looks sick - just watch him when he isn't out of a photoshopped studio - he looks like a meth addict.
The impossible burger's absolutely lush. Like vegans always say, if we can have delicious food, but without innocent animals being murdered, it's win win. Better for the animals, the Planet and ourselves. It's a burger though so it's never going to be a 'health food'. Wholegrains, fruits and veggies are health foods.
You should do a review for beyond vs. real burger or beyond vs. impossible
How about the price difference? Meat is cheaper
I haven't had an Impossible Buger yet...cant bring myself to go into these places, but I'm glad there is an option, especially for people looking to cut down on meat consumption.
Interesting comparison but anyone that's going to Burger King isnt going for its healthy food selection...vegan or otherwise.
I went to Burger King today for lunch and had the Impossible Whopper value meal. It came with fry's and a black coffee. I just went through the drive through. I ordered it well-done and no mayo but subbed with mustard. There was no line and it was painless. It cost about $8.00 bucks. You're right though, it's not a health thing it was a taste pleasure thing. It was good. I didn't have any ill effects from it either.
Who cares this burger lol
I guarantee you that there will be more healthy people eating impossible burgers. vegans/vegetarians are just in better shape than the average american. I recommend doing the drive thru order as well as the other guy
Drive thru
@@saintearth I'll probably have one at some point. I am curious to see how they taste. I've had the Beyond Meat burger at home and if I hadn't fixed it myself would have sworn it was a beef burger.
Wow I’m surprised that a slice of cheese has almost 500g of sodium, as well as cow puss and suffering. Maybe the cortisol from all the suffering adds to the hypertension seen in meat eaters. man am I glad I don’t touch that stuff! Also isn’t the animal testing a bit of a problem in impossible?
I heard some mention animal testing but none of them would provide a link that verifies it. Also, I can understand a bit of humane animal testing to justify the positives.
it's plant based but not vegan i believe.
@@saintearth Do you call yourself a vegan? Humane animal testing? Please.
@@goku445 I try and be as vegan as I can be. I don't consume animal products. However, I own two small businesses and I do buy leather gloves for my employees. Yes, there is humane animal testing but I have the feeling you won't comprehend that.
@@saintearth Buying leather and supporting animal exploitation. You have a V in your pseudo. That is some twisted mind right there.
Video Spoiler....
*Impossible whopper is healthier*
Jeez
surprising xD
Impossible Burger tested positive for cancer-causing glyphosate herbicide, thus making red meat less threatening, rendering this video misleading. Sorry Mike, neither is healthy. www.momsacrossamerica.com/gmo_impossible_burger_positive_for_carcinogenic_glyphosate
@@VivaLaRaw hes full of shit and looks like he's dying.
Spoiler... You're brainwashed and delusional.
This dude looks beyond undead
The impossible burger has...something like 43 grams of phytoestrogen.
I know that phytoestrogens don't impact sex hormones in men but those studies were done using realistic proportions. Even excessive studies showed no change.
But 43 grams is far too much. That exceeds the potency of hops in beer which absolutely screws with your hormones. To say it's hormone free is just not true.
In the comments I'm reading how Impossible Burger tested on Animals?! Oh no. 😿. Is Beyond Burger cruelty free? Thanks
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@@rawveganfruitarian7290 yes thanks... I just did. Beyond and Impossible. But, I see why Beyond did it. So animals will NOT suffer in the future, in Hope that non vegans will accept a plant burger that tastes like a meat burger in turn saving animals.
@@sleepingwithcats5121 dude food pretty much has to be tested on non human animals before humans can eat it. It probably has to pass some rigorous safety study..
yes, beyond meat is the true vegan option. Impossible foods made the burger more for meat eaters so that they can have less environmental impact.
Do you really not see how hilarious vegan hypocrisy is..? Giving vegan food to animals is "cruelty" but it's fine for humans..?
Im glad that vegans have this to enjoy. :) But there is also the fact of tons of additives added to the impossible burger. We are not sure of the long terms side effects and others. Id like to see a pure carnivore based diet comparison between a subject that only eats impossible burger and another with regular beef burger and see the difference. Until then, ill stay clear from factory based synthetic food and stick to whole foods
I personally dont eat it because its a trash food in my opinion, but i have noticed that it helped make a plant based diet look a lot more realistic to many people. So all props to them
Maybe I missed this being addressed in the video but has Impossible Foods changed their stance on animal testing? To my knowledge they’re not a vegan/“cruelty-free” company.
They had heme tested on rats to get it GRAS approved by the FDA
Did he say it was vegan... or plant based
raw vegan fruitarian I think he’s saying they can’t call themselves “Vegan” bc they test on animals, so while the ingredients are vegan, the process isn’t
yeah, I'm n ot going there. Plus at a veg fest they were passin gout meatballs that some of their reps said were vegan when they were made with parmigiana. Seems underhanded to me.
@@GimmeDatSheep they were never once required by the FDA to test. That was a myth spread in order to exculpate themselves of any wrong doing (aka killing hundreds of rats unnecessarily)
I already know youll say the whatever "burger" is better without watching this video. The fact that anyone can think that garbage frankenstein burger is better than a grass fed beef burger proves we live in an insane asylum. Thx Mic.
No need to watch this shit, 100% beef is obviously healthier.
It's true man. The "fake" burgers taste incredible and better than a nasty frozen wal-mart "beef" disc.
I heard they tested it on animals.
Does anyone know if that's true?
Cause if that's the case it's not vegan at all imo.
Not that I would be seen dead or alive in a BK.
Did he say its vegan or plant based
yes it's true, they killed something like 200 rats during the testing. Therefore it's not a vegan product. Go with Beyond Meat instead :)
@@craigashton5841 wow. Glad I asked.
Thank you.
@@rawveganfruitarian7290 what's that sorry?
dude food pretty much has to be tested on non human animals before humans can eat it. It probably has to pass some rigorous safety study..
Mic I have a vegan dilemma. I have lived a vegan based diet for about a year now; I have struggled with my health and eating a healthy vegan diet. I ended up in the hospital and my partner ended the relationship with me saying my vegan diet made me malnourished and if I want to possible have another chance at the relationship I need to “get healthy” I don’t want to eat meat I truly don’t, it’s uncomfortable and I would never find happiness or peace knowing I am eating a sentient being, but I don’t know what to do anymore. It’s not even that my personality sucks, or that I’m a horrible troll girlfriend it’s because my lifestyle is a liability as he said to his career.
Talk to someone from the True North Health Centre over the phone or on Skype. The doctors there will sort your diet out.
Also your partner sounds like a jerk, there's no way your diet has any bearing on his career.
Ditch that person and "up" your calories.
Is your partner a beef farmer? How would this effect their career? Maybe they are just using it as an excuse to move on with their life.
There are plenty of supplements out there. They can help you get out of the rut
If they ended your relationship cuz u ended up in hospital, then they don’t have your best interests at heart. Eating meat will only make the other person comfortable.That’s sad when a loved one lets u down, I’m sorry for that. But take of your body! Nurture yourself as nobody will do that for u...there’s lots of V drs on YT that r
full of nutritional advice. Good luck
That sounds horrible, i am sorry for you especially that with your ex-partner. I do not want to judge anyone but leaving the partner for such a reason is pretty silly and loveless. I hope you find a way to do better.
Can you speak with a professional?
Some people that eat a healthy vegan have problem eating enough calories or iodine. Maybe you check that?
There are more shades to this question. Probably.
I was hoping you were going to touch on the fact that the IB is made with GMO soy. I've also heard that estrogen has been found in the Burger King burger. Curious on your thoughts....
Yeah I would say the same, GMOs are definitely a health risk (but you can be healthy on a veganic diet so still leave the cows alone of course). And also I support veganarchism, good minds think alike!
Awesome video Mic! It's so important that people know about this! I have wanted to do a video just on this topic over on my channel. Awesome job!
As a meat eater, I don’t eat processed meats, and I’m not going to eat processed plants. The veggies and fruits I eat are whole and most often fresh, though on occasion frozen, but never processed.
Hell, I don’t even eat American (processed) cheese ...
Impossibly large number of ingredients....yuk..
of course biased boy doesnt mention that
I gave up vegan and have gone carnivore. Feel so much better.
I see you have a video on the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii! Cool, will watch it this week end.
It absolutely astounds me how much support big fast food gets from vegans. Those inhuman corporate juggernauts will destroy anything in their path for their bottom line. They are catastrophic for the environment and public health, they are the complete opposite of vegan. What's that bit about minimising harm as practicable as possible? It's a stunning irony that normal people get a good laugh over.
@Jonah Whale I'm in Australia, we're not overly familiar with Cargill but I'm assuming it's a big factory farm feed lot type operation which I would never support in the first place. All our cows here wander around paddocks living a natural life protected from predators until we need them. Fair deal I'd say, our demand drives the need for their life then we take it for our nutrition. Happy days 🐮 🗡 🥩
Never going to buy a product tested on animals by the company selling the product.
Indeed the impossible burger isn't vegan because of this. But it's still better for meat eaters to choose it over beef. While it's not optimal it's undeniably better.
Fuck vivisection and fuck Impossible Foods
What about "vegan" products, made from a manufacturer that generally makes animal products (ie:hellman vegan mayo, becels vegan margarine, etc). I resent them "having" to test on rats too; but the majority of processed vegan food, is made from unethical companies. Who's to say that we are not subjected by mass cross contamination from these processors; or that every business has never tested on animals? Just sounds like your limiting your product pool.
@@stephss How I see it is if the produce it's self isn't tested on animals by that company then it's okay. The point is to have products that didn't need to be tested on animals to exist. Therefore showing it's possible to have products without animal testing. It also makes sense to avoid a company testing on animals, because to me testing on animals is worse in a lot of cases then farming. They basically abuse the animals, then kill the animal and dissect them. Which is worse then farming for meat. So it makes sense to avoid companies doing any animal testing and willing to do testing on animals for products when they don't need to. Within reason, if someone is dependent on life saving drugs and they can't get them from a company that hasn't tested on animals, I put human life first. But there is more and more coming out to make animal testing not needed even in medicine. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine talks about this if you want to watch their videos.
Basically go as far as possible to avoid products tested on animals. I don't consider a company that is owned by another company as the same company. If you have a family, and your brother or sister eat meat, that isn't you. So if a company is owned by a company which does animal testing I don't consider that the same. But if you can support new businesses with next to no ties to other businesses, and they're ethical support them. It's just easier said then done for some people. So basically go as far as practically possible to avoid animal testing based on your circumstances.
@@stephss Go as far as practically possible to avoid companies that test on animals, within what is possible for you.
To me what is most important is that a product isn't tested on animals by the company selling the product, and that the company isn't willing to test plant based products on animals. That way vegan products are made without that product directly being the reason that animals suffered. So it's about knowing products can exist without causing unnecessary animal cruelty.
I think it also makes sense to avoid companies testing on animals were possible if you can. But say a medicine is tested on animals, to me I put peoples health first. Also the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine have videos on how in the future they will not use animals to test medicine. So then this will mean a lot less animal cruelty.
I personally don't see a sister company or a brother company, or a small company owned by a larger company, as giving money to that company to do animal testing. In that you're supporting the company or products not being tested on animals, and not causing animal cruelty. Just like giving your brother or sister money at Christmas is not you saying go spend it on animal testing. So as long as you're supporting a product that causes no animal exploitation or cruelty that is fine.
However it makes sense to try give your money to people more likely to spend that money ethically over someone that isn't. So if there is a company that is all vegan and very ethical, and they're creating ethical products and have no real ties with dodgy companies that obviously makes more sense to support them. Basically aim to support those where you think it will lead to money going to people that are more ethically motivated over profit motivated.
I’m a meat eater but if they were able to prove that this is a healthier option - or better yet a healthy option, I wouldn’t mind eating this instead of animal meat
You should do impossible Burger vs. Beyond Burger
What about beyond vs impossible? I can only buy beyond meat
Thanks for this info - they both sounds pretty awful. I’ll be sure to go to a place where I can get a good old fashioned bean burger 😄 However, I’m really glad that people are choosing the Impossible burger over the Cow Butt burger 👍
I ate an impossible burger and vomited it up hrs later. I tried a few weeks to eat one again,same thing happened. **I'll stick to my forks over knives black bean burger,no oil that I make and bake at home**
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS OMG THANK YOU
I dont think it's a fair comparison with lab synthesized vitamins versus naturally occurring vitamins and other minerals etc and you didnt mention that free range grass fed beef contains a lot of omega 3, nearly all the fat in an impossible burger is omega 6. Omega 6 causes inflammation and inflammation is the reason the whole hdl ldl cholesterol goes wrong. I'm not a vegan but I do have plant based days that dont contain "Frankenstein" foods.
I have never eaten either, and I never will.
Same here. On the other hand, I am glad to see it. If people are going to eat junk food, I would prefer it to be vegan junk food.
@Thu Nell Ⓥ he might be referring to fast food burgers. I've never eaten a fast food burger and I'm 63 yrs young. They entered the market when I was a teen. Fortunately I was a health nut then and wouldn't eat fast food.
@@drivingbro meat is literally death lol
@@drivingbro if you sit really still can you feel the tape worms burrowing into your brain?
@@drivingbro Apparently though, the cows are alive before we kill them, I saw that in a report once.
man mic, you're such a sweetheart. I appreciate your work, keep it up and thank you.
This was an amazing video! As a 13 year old vegetarian in a meat- eating family living in Indiana, the vegetarian foods available are all frozen, tofu, or the impossible whopper. I like how you were fair, and went into detail. Amazing video and Happy New Year! ❤
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For fast food, the Impossible burger is really good. Del Taco also has a vegan burrito with black beans and sliced avocado that is quite good. I'm in California though, not sure about the menus in interior states.
When eating on the run, Taco Bell is the best imo. Meats can be swapped for black beans and anything can have cheese and sour cream removed for a Pico De Gallo type salsa they call fresco style. These are free swaps.
Obviously you can add on guacamole or other vegan add ons to bulk up an item but at a cost.
Also I think their potato tacos fresco style would be vegan, but the potatoes are fried so maybe not the healthiest.
@@Poorstargazer23 Wasn't even aware Taco Bell had black beans. I'll check it out.
Fast food places cook their "vegan" foods on the same grill as they cooked the animal foods. Technically, that ain't vegan.
@@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530 This is true, but I believe the veggie patties are microwaved. No restaurant, outside of a vegan one, is going to be perfectly ideal.
Banished From The Dwarf Planet depends how you look at it.
If you are concerned with any animal related contact, sure, but if your main objective is to not contribute to demand of the products, then its a non issue.
Impossible Burgers are cooked on the same grill.
I've eaten the Impossible Whopper twice. Both times I was paranoid that the workers were messing with me and was feeding me a regular burger as a joke or by mistake.
A much needed video. Thank you for all the research you did on this.
Was hoping you'd make a video on this. There's lots of crazy misinformation about the soy in the burger going around right now.
If you think Impossible whopper is healthy take me up on this challenge i will eat all beef patties for 2 months and you will eat all Impossible whopper for 2 months take a blood test before and after. And check how fitness is aswell.
@@davidsheridan6323 I don't care
I know ya dont cos you will end up a wreck at the end proving that this is just chemical slim
@@davidsheridan6323 Ok
I watched this video so that I can quit my impossible burger addiction and learn bad things about it.... but now I feel like I need to continue lmao. (I'm not vegan, just vegetarian. Working my way up to veganism eventually)
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The Impossible Burger has 4.2 mg of iron per serving (25% daily requirement). For someone like me who has a HFE gene mutation = 4x more iron absorption) - that’s 100% of my daily requirement. I’ve heard that they add heme iron to this burger to make it taste like meat. Heme iron is in meat and is easily absorbed - plants have nonheme iron which is harder to absorb. Iron is an oxidant (ages you) and as you get older you absorb more iron anyway. It turns out bacteria in the lower gut LOVE iron. After finding out I had the HFE iron-loading gene -I switched to eating vegan ( avoiding heme iron) and cured my gut infection. I will not be eating this high iron-containing burger!
Interesting perspective. You usually hear carnists crying that you can't get iron on a vegan diet, which is of course false. Do you actually over-absorb iron even as a vegan?
@@FloydFreud After finding out that I had 2 copies of an iron-loading gene (HFE gene), I read that people with this gene can absorb up to 4 x as much iron than normal. I read that heme iron was more easily absorbed than nonheme iron. I also read that the body might be able to regulate the absorption of iron uptake (nonheme iron) from plant sources. Armed with that information, I theorized that my gene mutation is a "famine" gene mutation that allows for easy absorption of iron from any source. At the time, I was suffering a recurring gut infection even though I had been eating healthy = lean organic meats, organic dairy, eggs, whole grains, vegetables, fruits, nuts & seeds, & organic olive oil. I also read that bacteria LOVE iron. It seemed to me that my chronic gut infection could be recurring due to me providing bad bacteria in my gut, too much iron due to my HFE gene. I decided to cut out meat (heme iron) entirely. After a week or so of no meat, my gut infection & pain went away and hasn't recurred since. I then decided to try eating vegan to cut out saturated animal fat & hormones from (organic!) dairy (especially cow milk-based cheeses, butter, ice cream) and eggs. Since I went vegan, several other health conditions have cleared up. I have a lot more energy. I'm sleeping better now that my digestive problems have gone away - even stopped grinding my teeth at night. I feel SO much better & healthier -so I'll keep eating vegan/vegetarian. I don't have any scientifically verified, double-blind, large population, studies to verify my theory. However, I won't be eating any so-called vegetarian, HEME iron rich, Impossible Burgers. I might as well just eat a real hamburger and get the HEME iron from that!
Floyd Freud I don’t know, I imagine if the iron is added as a supplement like it is in the Impossible Burger that the answer would be yes. All I can say is, I have this gene, I stopped eating meat, dairy, eggs (except once in a very great while) and my digestion and my skin are becoming healthier. So what I will say is, the vegan diet is working for me. I was aging rapidly, now my body is repairing itself. Some research facility is going to have to do actual verifiable studies on vegan diet + hfe gene in people + iron absorption
@Mic the Vegan I bought two of your shirts! Can’t wait 🌱 you’re the man with the info! Keep it up
Sweet, which ones? Also thanks!
Mic the Vegan I got two of the “We’re all animals” I love it because it’s so true! But it’s subtle enough to make people think, and not super “in your face” with the vegan lifestyle. Thanks Mic!:)
Quality grassfed natural ground beef. 1 ingredient MEAT..... vegan burgers HIGHLY PROCESSED
neither beyond impossible or dead flesh are healthy .
Back when I was having problems with my balls becoming sore I tried eating raw steak made the balls nice and firm and prevented from having be painful to walk. So raw meat healthy the plants I removed that fucked up my hormones like almonds and walnuts and peanuts or unhealthy cause they are toxic for balls.
And? No one eats a burger trying to be healthy.
I agree, stick to whole veggies. Impossible burger is processed junk.
I tried the impossible burger and it tasted so real I felt uncomfortable eating it in case that they gave me a real one by accident.
If you live with a cat, have them try it first. If they eat it, you don't 😉
We actually find beyond beef to be better tasting and more healthy but yeah these are all only once and a while type things that’s for sure....still better for us and for the planet can’t argue that....but whole plant foods most of the time for sure....great job Mic....
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I tried an impossible burger at Burger King...it went down fine but I felt like I was burping tire rubber later and my digestion was blah...it didn’t come out for a few days. TMI, yes. But I won’t be having it again. Maybe I should try it made at home or a different restaurant. Thanks for all the work you do to inform us.👊🏾
I eat, from time to time, a Beyond Burger, while avoiding the Impossible due to its GMO. How does the Beyond measure up against Impossible and dead cow? I don't eat it often, but would appreciate knowing whether it's no worse than Impossible. Thanks.
Plants do have hormones, the question is whether they exert any effects on us. Salicylic acid is a plant hormone that I bet you've used before.
This video is the most bias in all of history
well. thats a totally unbiased comment
ignores the fact that these fake "meats" have 40 or more ingredients in them
So impossible burgers have gmo ingredients?
Mike Happy Humane New Year!!
And, have you done a video on Beyond Burger? Thanks!
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Real food over processed food any day. According to this thought process, Soylent is also better than all real food. I also cant stand cherry picking details- like pointing out that adding cheese would add sodium, but ifnoring that it would also add calcium and other vitamins. I think these meatless options are great, but better than the real thing... thats a hard debate.
If you think the impossible burger is healthier than pasture raised meat then you are completely delusional
I’m going vegan soon I can’t keep taking part in something that cause so much pain and destruction