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“Do the Health Impacts of Ultra-Processed Foods Apply to Plant-Based Meat Alternatives?”
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“Do the Health Impacts of Ultra-Processed Foods Apply to Plant-Based Meat Alternatives?”


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EAvabxz55qY

I love plant-based meat and eat it nearly everyday. One of the main arguments against, whether by vegans or otherwise, is that it is ultra-processed and therefore bad. According to this video, plant-based meats are a healthy option. This video has a good overview of some of the science. What do others think?

by Enbounce

5 Comments

  1. cedarhat

    This is good to know. I use fake meat from time to time, mostly when the legume version just isn’t what I’m in the mood for.

    While I wouldn’t base my diet around it, sometimes a hamburger is exactly what I want. And Quorn chicken nuggets are a guilty treat.

    I’m curious how everyone else uses it.

  2. see_blue

    My take on this video was UP plant meats are neither good nor bad for you. But compared to UP meats they are a wildly better choice.

    And picking on UP plant meats standalone as bad is misguided and a disservice. Especially so in a country where UP foods like meats, ice cream, pizza, processed dairy, chicken nuggets and fish sticks, etc. make up a large part of our diet.

  3. seoras13

    Get the yuka app & scan as you’re doing your shopping.
    It’ll tell you where it stands in terms of fat, salt, sugar, fiber & protein & if the additives are safe, moderate or dangerous.

    Don’t get to hung up. If you like something & it has a low score, make it an occasional treat rather than a stapel.
    It also recommends alternatives to the really unhealthy stuff.

  4. ImRudyL

    Yes. Why wouldn’t they? They apply to bread and breakfast cereals

    Tofu is a processed food. Morningstar Farms and Beyond burgers are *ultra*-processed. Soy beans and peas and unprocessed (technically, they are processed, to remove hulls and polish, but no additives)

    I’m not watching the video, but plant-based meats are a healthy option *compared to raising food to feed to animals to slaughter them for food.* (Which is the audience for these meat alternatives, they are for people trying to eat less meat, and are also a foothold for when the meat industry collapses and meat-analogues go mainstream for former carnivores.) UPF are not a healthy option compared to eating minimally processed foods.