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Can protein startups and their investors take on Big Cow?

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Re: Can protein startups and their investors take on Big Cow?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is the universe at large legitimately impacted by our meat consumption? Off-hand, I can't think of a single thing mankind has done that has more than neglibly impacted anything beyond our own atmosphere.

Most of the misery we know about isn't beyond our own atmosphere either.

The misery observable and relevant to us, yes, which I'm not discounting with my comment.

Re: Can protein startups and their investors take on Big Cow?

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I hope so. If we can make meat or something really similar without killing animals, I would consider this a huge win for lessening the misery of the universe.

I don't think the universe has any strong feelings about misery. In fact, I'm pretty sure it has no feelings any way you slice it.

Re: Can protein startups and their investors take on Big Cow?

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I hope so. If we can make meat or something really similar without killing animals, I would consider this a huge win for lessening the misery of the universe.

I don't think the universe has any strong feelings about misery. In fact, I'm pretty sure it has no feelings any way you slice it.

Re: Can protein startups and their investors take on Big Cow?

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I recommend eating tofu as tofu, not as a fake meat. It's delicious if you know how to prepare it.

Not a great food for men, though.

Debunked: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19524224 "Clinical studies show no effects of soy protein or isoflavones on reproductive hormones in men: results of a meta-analysis."

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I recommend eating tofu as tofu, not as a fake meat. It's delicious if you know how to prepare it.

Not a great food for men, though.

Here are two PubMed surveys that show there is no evidence for Soy consumption having feminizing effects on men.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19524224

[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20378106

Re: Can protein startups and their investors take on Big Cow?

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I hope so. If we can make meat or something really similar without killing animals, I would consider this a huge win for lessening the misery of the universe.

In addition to lessening misery, reducing the consumption of animal meat also helps prevent global warming (since animal farming is a significant contributor to the problem).

Re: Can protein startups and their investors take on Big Cow?

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I recommend eating tofu as tofu, not as a fake meat. It's delicious if you know how to prepare it.

I think what these companies are doing has a different appeal, though. There are plenty of vegetarian protein sources I enjoy, but I also just like the taste of a good burger. If I could get a burger that tasted like real beef, but without the environmental and ethical concerns of beef, I would gladly trade it.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think men in societies where they have eaten tofu for centuries like China, Indonesia and Japan are doing just fine.

I can't speak for China and Indonesia, but I've lived in Japan for a number of years. Tofu is not super common as a dish, mostly as a filler in small portions of some side dishes.

What do you have to say to the other two responses that debunk your claim?

Re: Can protein startups and their investors take on Big Cow?

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Okay, am I the only one finding these 'Big Industry' names kind of ridiculous now? Big Pharma, yeah that works. Big Tech? Sure I guess. But calling these companies Big Cow just sounds utterly ridiculous. It just doesn't work at all.

Big Beef would have been much better.

But, yeah, I'm over the Big $company monikers.

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