taxing meat just push these alternatives because they have lower emissions doesnt say anything on their impact on longterm human health. Lower your emissions by eating highly processed veg protein sounds sinister.
Currently in the USA, our government heavily subsidizes and promotes animal products. Ending those would be the first step. Unlike a meat tax, it would get less opposition from consumers.
Most plant based meat products are not particularly health promoting, unless you compare them to the animal products they replace. For example, the WHO found that red meat is a type 2A (probable) carcinogen, and that processed meat like bacon and deli meats are a type 1 carcinogen. Same category as asbestos exposure, and smoking tobacco.
I've no interest in plant based meats tbh. Already cutting my meat intake and switching what meat I do eat to those with lower carbon footprints. But what I honestly want are better alternatives to meat rather than poor attempts at replication. I've tried several plant alternatives and feel sorry for anyone who can't tell the difference. Bowl of lentil soup, for example, far better than some of the fast food not-meats.
Kudos for significantly reducing! You are right that whole plant foods like lentils can be delicious. They are also more health promoting, and better for our environment. On the other hand, most people are addicted to eating burgers, etc. The plant based versions are better for health, and for our environment. Most prefer the taste, according to this blind taste test. 5 of 8 meat eaters preferred the Impossible burger over the one made of cow. ua-cam.com/video/NYOCv-y8ckM/v-deo.html
The taste of plant based meat alternatives varies quite a bit. You might want to watch some more taste test videos here on UA-cam to avoid buying a product you are disappointed with. If you are happy with whole plant foods, all the better. There are some great UA-cam channels that show how to make them taste amazing. I take advantage of ethnic cuisines for ideas. I replace the umami (savory) nature of meat with plant based umami like mushrooms, miso, nutritional yeast, seaweed (like nori sheets) and pasta sauce.
I won't adopt plant based meat sub until it's actually healthy. Currently it's mostly processed and salt laden. Meat, even red meat with all the fat, can be part of a very healthy diet. My other concern is the insistence that plant based is better environmentally. There are operations that raise cattle in an environmentally sustainable manner on lands that can not support crop yields. It's a mixed bag for me and a hard no for now. I just don't trust it or the companies pushing it.
A plant based diet can save you money! Cheap staples include potatoes, rice, beans, pasta, oatmeal, peanuts, and bananas. "Vegan diets were the most affordable and reduced food costs by up to one third. Vegetarian diets were a close second. Flexitarian diets with low amounts of meat and dairy reduced costs by 14%. By contrast, pescatarian diets increased costs by up to 2%."-Oxford Nov 11, 2021 (Title etc. follow) Sustainable eating is cheaper and healthier - Oxford study Global study shows vegan and vegetarian diets cheapest option in high-income countries ‘Chef’ Miguel Barclay backs study Oxford University research has today revealed that, in countries such as the US, the UK, Australia and across Western Europe, adopting a vegan, vegetarian, or flexitarian diet could slash your food bill by up to one-third. Title -"Sustainable eating is cheaper and healthier - Oxford study"
The largest organization of nutrition professionals officially declared- "It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that appropriately planned vegetarian, including vegan, diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits for the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. These diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, older adulthood, and for athletes. Plant-based diets are more environmentally sustainable than diets rich in animal products because they use fewer natural resources and are associated with much less environmental damage. *Vegetarians and vegans are at reduced risk of certain health conditions, including ischemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, certain types of cancer, and obesity.* Low intake of saturated fat and high intakes of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, soy products, nuts, and seeds (all rich in fiber and phytochemicals) are characteristics of vegetarian and vegan diets that produce lower total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and better serum glucose control. These factors contribute to reduction of chronic disease. Vegans need reliable sources of vitamin B-12, such as fortified foods or supplements." -Full abstract from the position paper as found on PubMed from the National Institutes of Health
If they stop relying on guilt to market them and make them cheaper than real meat, then yes. But relying on "Are you willing to pay more to save the planet?" is just being pompous in a starving world.
Meat is heavily subsidised. Give those subsidies to arable farmers and watch the price of imitation meat plummet. It's a false economy to artificially lower the price of a burger how we do. Oxford University also found that calorie-for-calorie, wholefoods, plant-based diets are cheaper than omnivorous diets. It only becomes more expensive because plant-based meats don't have the subsidies meats do, which is easily resolvable, as I said. So... no... consumers wouldn't have to pay more to save the planet. We'd just need legislators to grow some balls and do what's right for food production. But the animal farmers would lose their s*** cos they live off subsidies.
Every time people buy plant based meat instead of animal products, the price of them will trend downwards. Economies of scale show that larger numbers of purchases lower prices. Until then, whole plant foods will save you money and are better for your health.
A plant based diet can save you money! Cheap staples include potatoes, rice, beans, pasta, oatmeal, peanuts, and bananas. "Vegan diets were the most affordable and reduced food costs by up to one third. Vegetarian diets were a close second. Flexitarian diets with low amounts of meat and dairy reduced costs by 14%. By contrast, pescatarian diets increased costs by up to 2%."-Oxford Nov 11, 2021 (Title etc. follow) Sustainable eating is cheaper and healthier - Oxford study Global study shows vegan and vegetarian diets cheapest option in high-income countries ‘Chef’ Miguel Barclay backs study Oxford University research has today revealed that, in countries such as the US, the UK, Australia and across Western Europe, adopting a vegan, vegetarian, or flexitarian diet could slash your food bill by up to one-third. Title -"Sustainable eating is cheaper and healthier - Oxford study"
@@baggaz167 True. In fact, here in the USA, our government spends our tax dollars on promoting animal products! Ending subsidies and promotion should be the first step before we consider adding taxes. It would get a lot less push back from consumers.
I eat a vegan compatible diet centered around whole plant foods. I do indulge in plant based meats on occasion, to add variety. When shopping, I look for the products that have the lowest percentages of added oils, salt, and sugar. LIghtLife is often a good choice, but not always.
Whole plant foods are better for our health, and even the environment. Beyond Meat and Impossible were not designed to appeal to vegans or vegetarians. They were made to appeal to meat eaters who are hooked on greasy burgers, etc. They aren't health foods, but they are better for you than eating what they replace.
What does meat often contain? Growth hormones, antibiotics, excess saturated fat, dietary cholesterol, e-coli and salmonella (requiring careful handling and sufficient cooking) IGF-1 (which promotes cancer growth) etc. etc. Ideally we would all eat nothing but whole plant foods, but people are addicted to meat.
@@someguy2135 People aren't addicted to meat...it's a natural part of the human omnivore diet. Most people would rather have a meat centered meal than some chemical based laboratory Frankenfood.
There is no such thing as plant base meat. Meat is meat and plant is plant. Why would sensible people eat cardboard and paper……calling it plant based processed meat. How stupid!
Still healthier, given that they contain zero cholesterol (cholesterol is only found in animal products). Cholesterol is the biggest cause of heart disease, which in turn is the biggest cause of death in people over 40.
Compared to meat? Meat often contains excess saturated fat, dietary cholesterol, growth hormones, antibiotics, IGF-1, which promotes cancer growth, e-coli, and salmonella, which explains why careful handling and thorough cooking is required. The WHO found that red meat is a type 2A (probable) carcinogen, and processed meat is a type 1, like asbestos exposure, and smoking tobacco. Processed meat includes bacon, and deli meats.
You might be surprised how tasty whole plant foods can be, when prepared correctly. There are lots of UA-cam channels with recipes and ideas like "Cheap Lazy Vegan." I like ethnic cuisines for ideas. I replace the umami (savory) nature of meat with plant based umami like mushrooms, miso, nutritional yeast, seaweed (like nori sheets) and pasta sauce.
Every interview of the founders of Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods that covers the topic, shows that they were designed to appeal to meat eaters, and not to vegans or vegetarians. They want to reduce the damage to our environment caused by animal agriculture. Most people who eat those products are "Reducitarians" and not vegans or vegetarians.
i love these ideas, put more taxes on real meat, so it makes the fake stuff cheaper, i am sure that will help a lot of people with there grocery bills since everything is already so inexpensive now
Support ultra processed food like substances manufactured via high energy, fertilizer and pesticide intensity monocrop farming, with economic support? These foods remove humans even further from our natural diets and place food production and control in to the hands of a few mega rich corporations.
A plant based diet can save you money! Cheap staples include potatoes, rice, beans, pasta, oatmeal, peanuts, and bananas. "Vegan diets were the most affordable and reduced food costs by up to one third. Vegetarian diets were a close second. Flexitarian diets with low amounts of meat and dairy reduced costs by 14%. By contrast, pescatarian diets increased costs by up to 2%."-Oxford Nov 11, 2021 (Title etc. follow) Sustainable eating is cheaper and healthier - Oxford study Global study shows vegan and vegetarian diets cheapest option in high-income countries ‘Chef’ Miguel Barclay backs study Oxford University research has today revealed that, in countries such as the US, the UK, Australia and across Western Europe, adopting a vegan, vegetarian, or flexitarian diet could slash your food bill by up to one-third. Title -"Sustainable eating is cheaper and healthier - Oxford study"
Here in the USA, our government heavily subsidizes and promotes the products of the animal agriculture industry. Ending those would allow animal products to compete against plant based foods on a level playing field. That would be a good place to start.
@@shrimperlincs3395 Studies have shown that plant based meat alternatives have dramatically lower environmental impacts than meat. Whole plant foods would be even lower, and better for health, but people are hooked on greasy burgers, and refuse to switch to whole plant foods.
@@shrimperlincs3395 "A meat-eater’s diet requires 17 times more land, 14 times more water and 10 times more energy than a vegetarian’s, according to research published by The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. This is principally because we use a large proportion of the world’s land for growing crops to feed livestock, rather than humans. (Of the world’s approximately five billion hectares of agricultural land, 68% is used for livestock.) This squeeze on resources is only set to intensify. In 50 years’ time, the UN predicts there will be 10.5 billion people on the planet (the current world population is around 7 billion). To feed us all, it says, we will need to grow food more sustainably. Dr Walt Willett, professor of medicine at Harvard University, says we could eliminate the worst cases of world hunger today with about 40 million tonnes of food - yet 760 million tonnes is fed to animals on farms every year." -BBC Good Food Title- "What would happen if everyone went vegan?" (By Paul Allen)
The largest organization of nutrition professionals officially declared- "It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that appropriately planned vegetarian, including vegan, diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits for the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. These diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, older adulthood, and for athletes. Plant-based diets are more environmentally sustainable than diets rich in animal products because they use fewer natural resources and are associated with much less environmental damage. *Vegetarians and vegans are at reduced risk of certain health conditions, including ischemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, certain types of cancer, and obesity.* Low intake of saturated fat and high intakes of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, soy products, nuts, and seeds (all rich in fiber and phytochemicals) are characteristics of vegetarian and vegan diets that produce lower total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and better serum glucose control. These factors contribute to reduction of chronic disease. Vegans need reliable sources of vitamin B-12, such as fortified foods or supplements." -Full abstract from the position paper as found on PubMed from the National Institutes of Health
taxing meat just push these alternatives because they have lower emissions doesnt say anything on their impact on longterm human health. Lower your emissions by eating highly processed veg protein sounds sinister.
Currently in the USA, our government heavily subsidizes and promotes animal products. Ending those would be the first step. Unlike a meat tax, it would get less opposition from consumers.
Most plant based meat products are not particularly health promoting, unless you compare them to the animal products they replace. For example, the WHO found that red meat is a type 2A (probable) carcinogen, and that processed meat like bacon and deli meats are a type 1 carcinogen. Same category as asbestos exposure, and smoking tobacco.
Woke is broke
I've no interest in plant based meats tbh. Already cutting my meat intake and switching what meat I do eat to those with lower carbon footprints.
But what I honestly want are better alternatives to meat rather than poor attempts at replication.
I've tried several plant alternatives and feel sorry for anyone who can't tell the difference.
Bowl of lentil soup, for example, far better than some of the fast food not-meats.
Kudos for significantly reducing! You are right that whole plant foods like lentils can be delicious. They are also more health promoting, and better for our environment. On the other hand, most people are addicted to eating burgers, etc. The plant based versions are better for health, and for our environment. Most prefer the taste, according to this blind taste test. 5 of 8 meat eaters preferred the Impossible burger over the one made of cow.
ua-cam.com/video/NYOCv-y8ckM/v-deo.html
The taste of plant based meat alternatives varies quite a bit. You might want to watch some more taste test videos here on UA-cam to avoid buying a product you are disappointed with. If you are happy with whole plant foods, all the better. There are some great UA-cam channels that show how to make them taste amazing. I take advantage of ethnic cuisines for ideas. I replace the umami (savory) nature of meat with plant based umami like mushrooms, miso, nutritional yeast, seaweed (like nori sheets) and pasta sauce.
The UA-cam channel "Cheap Lazy Vegan" is a good place for vegan recipes.
The video ends by saying eating more "plants" which is completely different from "plant based meats"
Eating whole plant foods like beans, whole grains nuts and seeds is not only better for our environment, but even healthier than plant based meats.
Vegetables are nicer when they arnt processed to mimick meat and meat is much nicer than fake meat.
I agree. I don't understand the obsession with imitating things.
This isn’t news analysis it’s agenda driven promotion that I’d expect from the guardian not FT
I won't adopt plant based meat sub until it's actually healthy. Currently it's mostly processed and salt laden. Meat, even red meat with all the fat, can be part of a very healthy diet. My other concern is the insistence that plant based is better environmentally. There are operations that raise cattle in an environmentally sustainable manner on lands that can not support crop yields. It's a mixed bag for me and a hard no for now. I just don't trust it or the companies pushing it.
You simply cant feed people with cattle in a way that is as environmental as feeding them with plant based foods.
very informative on individual actions. we cannot depend on government, politicians etc. we all need to play our part to tackle Global Warming.
How do you get everyone to play their part without a government?
I'm willing to eat less meat if meat alternative are healthier, cheaper, and taste good
"healthy" involves long term studies on human health, which we dont have. If you wanna eat veg just eat beans and lentils instead of fake meat.
A plant based diet can save you money! Cheap staples include potatoes, rice, beans, pasta, oatmeal, peanuts, and bananas.
"Vegan diets were the most affordable and reduced food costs by up to one third. Vegetarian diets were a close second. Flexitarian diets with low amounts of meat and dairy reduced costs by 14%. By contrast, pescatarian diets increased costs by up to 2%."-Oxford Nov 11, 2021 (Title etc. follow) Sustainable eating is cheaper and healthier - Oxford study
Global study shows vegan and vegetarian diets cheapest option in high-income countries
‘Chef’ Miguel Barclay backs study
Oxford University research has today revealed that, in countries such as the US, the UK, Australia and across Western Europe, adopting a vegan, vegetarian, or flexitarian diet could slash your food bill by up to one-third.
Title -"Sustainable eating is cheaper and healthier - Oxford study"
The largest organization of nutrition professionals officially declared- "It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that appropriately planned vegetarian, including vegan, diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits for the prevention and treatment of certain diseases.
These diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, older adulthood, and for athletes. Plant-based diets are more environmentally sustainable than diets rich in animal products because they use fewer natural resources and are associated with much less environmental damage.
*Vegetarians and vegans are at reduced risk of certain health conditions, including ischemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, certain types of cancer, and obesity.*
Low intake of saturated fat and high intakes of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, soy products, nuts, and seeds (all rich in fiber and phytochemicals) are characteristics of vegetarian and vegan diets that produce lower total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and better serum glucose control. These factors contribute to reduction of chronic disease. Vegans need reliable sources of vitamin B-12, such as fortified foods or supplements." -Full abstract from the position paper as found on PubMed from the National Institutes of Health
WHO are you to tell me what to eat????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHO are you talking to, comrade!!??!??!!
Thanks...just leaves more tasty animals for me 🐮 🐷 🐔 😋
If you base your ethics on taste alone, we should all hope you don't decide you like the taste of human flesh! 🍖
@@someguy2135 plenty of would-be authoritarians to eat
If they stop relying on guilt to market them and make them cheaper than real meat, then yes. But relying on "Are you willing to pay more to save the planet?" is just being pompous in a starving world.
Meat is heavily subsidised. Give those subsidies to arable farmers and watch the price of imitation meat plummet. It's a false economy to artificially lower the price of a burger how we do. Oxford University also found that calorie-for-calorie, wholefoods, plant-based diets are cheaper than omnivorous diets. It only becomes more expensive because plant-based meats don't have the subsidies meats do, which is easily resolvable, as I said. So... no... consumers wouldn't have to pay more to save the planet. We'd just need legislators to grow some balls and do what's right for food production. But the animal farmers would lose their s*** cos they live off subsidies.
Every time people buy plant based meat instead of animal products, the price of them will trend downwards. Economies of scale show that larger numbers of purchases lower prices. Until then, whole plant foods will save you money and are better for your health.
A plant based diet can save you money! Cheap staples include potatoes, rice, beans, pasta, oatmeal, peanuts, and bananas.
"Vegan diets were the most affordable and reduced food costs by up to one third. Vegetarian diets were a close second. Flexitarian diets with low amounts of meat and dairy reduced costs by 14%. By contrast, pescatarian diets increased costs by up to 2%."-Oxford Nov 11, 2021 (Title etc. follow) Sustainable eating is cheaper and healthier - Oxford study
Global study shows vegan and vegetarian diets cheapest option in high-income countries
‘Chef’ Miguel Barclay backs study
Oxford University research has today revealed that, in countries such as the US, the UK, Australia and across Western Europe, adopting a vegan, vegetarian, or flexitarian diet could slash your food bill by up to one-third.
Title -"Sustainable eating is cheaper and healthier - Oxford study"
@@baggaz167 True. In fact, here in the USA, our government spends our tax dollars on promoting animal products! Ending subsidies and promotion should be the first step before we consider adding taxes. It would get a lot less push back from consumers.
Plant-based meat is not necessary to "eat more plants", in fact it's often a poor substitute for eating plants!
I eat a vegan compatible diet centered around whole plant foods. I do indulge in plant based meats on occasion, to add variety. When shopping, I look for the products that have the lowest percentages of added oils, salt, and sugar. LIghtLife is often a good choice, but not always.
Whole plant foods are better for our health, and even the environment. Beyond Meat and Impossible were not designed to appeal to vegans or vegetarians. They were made to appeal to meat eaters who are hooked on greasy burgers, etc. They aren't health foods, but they are better for you than eating what they replace.
Plant based chemical mash...no thanks!
What does meat often contain? Growth hormones, antibiotics, excess saturated fat, dietary cholesterol, e-coli and salmonella (requiring careful handling and sufficient cooking) IGF-1 (which promotes cancer growth) etc. etc.
Ideally we would all eat nothing but whole plant foods, but people are addicted to meat.
@@someguy2135 People aren't addicted to meat...it's a natural part of the human omnivore diet. Most people would rather have a meat centered meal than some chemical based laboratory Frankenfood.
There is no such thing as plant base meat. Meat is meat and plant is plant. Why would sensible people eat cardboard and paper……calling it plant based processed meat. How stupid!
Yes
No.
Yeah 🌍💚🌈🌱👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I want to cut down on meat but most of the meat substitute’s are full of unhealthy ingredients
Still healthier, given that they contain zero cholesterol (cholesterol is only found in animal products). Cholesterol is the biggest cause of heart disease, which in turn is the biggest cause of death in people over 40.
Compared to meat? Meat often contains excess saturated fat, dietary cholesterol, growth hormones, antibiotics, IGF-1, which promotes cancer growth, e-coli, and salmonella, which explains why careful handling and thorough cooking is required. The WHO found that red meat is a type 2A (probable) carcinogen, and processed meat is a type 1, like asbestos exposure, and smoking tobacco. Processed meat includes bacon, and deli meats.
You might be surprised how tasty whole plant foods can be, when prepared correctly. There are lots of UA-cam channels with recipes and ideas like "Cheap Lazy Vegan." I like ethnic cuisines for ideas. I replace the umami (savory) nature of meat with plant based umami like mushrooms, miso, nutritional yeast, seaweed (like nori sheets) and pasta sauce.
Plant based meat looks good for vegetarians not meat lovers. Most restaurants and franchises are introducing it as vegan meals
Every interview of the founders of Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods that covers the topic, shows that they were designed to appeal to meat eaters, and not to vegans or vegetarians. They want to reduce the damage to our environment caused by animal agriculture. Most people who eat those products are "Reducitarians" and not vegans or vegetarians.
Vegetarians have plenty of vegetarian meals that don't need to imitate meat.
I love my steak bloody as hell
If you base your ethics on nothing but taste, we all better hope you don't decide you like the taste of human flesh!
@@someguy2135 don't worry, no one wants to eat bots
@@elstevenflo Challenge accepted! Put me through your Turing test.
i love these ideas, put more taxes on real meat, so it makes the fake stuff cheaper, i am sure that will help a lot of people with there grocery bills since everything is already so inexpensive now
Support ultra processed food like substances manufactured via high energy, fertilizer and pesticide intensity monocrop farming, with economic support?
These foods remove humans even further from our natural diets and place food production and control in to the hands of a few mega rich corporations.
A plant based diet can save you money! Cheap staples include potatoes, rice, beans, pasta, oatmeal, peanuts, and bananas.
"Vegan diets were the most affordable and reduced food costs by up to one third. Vegetarian diets were a close second. Flexitarian diets with low amounts of meat and dairy reduced costs by 14%. By contrast, pescatarian diets increased costs by up to 2%."-Oxford Nov 11, 2021 (Title etc. follow) Sustainable eating is cheaper and healthier - Oxford study
Global study shows vegan and vegetarian diets cheapest option in high-income countries
‘Chef’ Miguel Barclay backs study
Oxford University research has today revealed that, in countries such as the US, the UK, Australia and across Western Europe, adopting a vegan, vegetarian, or flexitarian diet could slash your food bill by up to one-third.
Title -"Sustainable eating is cheaper and healthier - Oxford study"
Here in the USA, our government heavily subsidizes and promotes the products of the animal agriculture industry. Ending those would allow animal products to compete against plant based foods on a level playing field. That would be a good place to start.
@@shrimperlincs3395 Studies have shown that plant based meat alternatives have dramatically lower environmental impacts than meat. Whole plant foods would be even lower, and better for health, but people are hooked on greasy burgers, and refuse to switch to whole plant foods.
@@shrimperlincs3395 "A meat-eater’s diet requires 17 times more land, 14 times more water and 10 times more energy than a vegetarian’s, according to research published by The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. This is principally because we use a large proportion of the world’s land for growing crops to feed livestock, rather than humans. (Of the world’s approximately five billion hectares of agricultural land, 68% is used for livestock.)
This squeeze on resources is only set to intensify. In 50 years’ time, the UN predicts there will be 10.5 billion people on the planet (the current world population is around 7 billion). To feed us all, it says, we will need to grow food more sustainably. Dr Walt Willett, professor of medicine at Harvard University, says we could eliminate the worst cases of world hunger today with about 40 million tonnes of food - yet 760 million tonnes is fed to animals on farms every year." -BBC Good Food
Title- "What would happen if everyone went vegan?"
(By Paul Allen)
If you don't give beef meat to your child ,he will not be strong ! 🙏😡
The largest organization of nutrition professionals officially declared- "It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that appropriately planned vegetarian, including vegan, diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits for the prevention and treatment of certain diseases.
These diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, older adulthood, and for athletes. Plant-based diets are more environmentally sustainable than diets rich in animal products because they use fewer natural resources and are associated with much less environmental damage.
*Vegetarians and vegans are at reduced risk of certain health conditions, including ischemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, certain types of cancer, and obesity.*
Low intake of saturated fat and high intakes of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, soy products, nuts, and seeds (all rich in fiber and phytochemicals) are characteristics of vegetarian and vegan diets that produce lower total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and better serum glucose control. These factors contribute to reduction of chronic disease. Vegans need reliable sources of vitamin B-12, such as fortified foods or supplements." -Full abstract from the position paper as found on PubMed from the National Institutes of Health
Beef meat is a carcinogen lol
Nah, I'm good.