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Re: We are on the cusp of a disruption in food and agricultural production

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Post by bobbylarrybobby » Sun, Oct 06, 2019, 6:10 AM UTC

rebuilder wrote: post #146

52-6F-62 wrote: post #95

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Not many people like to talk about this point because it seems off mode but those things made me quite sick. I was disappointed because I’m always in for a good burger no matter what it’s made with. (Don’t extrapolate that on me please!) There were several threads on r/vegan that spoke to the same symptoms, but with only vague guesses to the cause—like the oils. There is a lot of hubris displayed in the world of nutr…

I haven't heard of any kind of (edible!) oil acutely making people ill. Why is that the assumption with Impossible Burgers?

Well by definition things that make people ill aren't regarded as edible. Technically castor oil is edible, but you shouldn't consume it.

Re: We are on the cusp of a disruption in food and agricultural production

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Post by jvanderbot » Sun, Oct 06, 2019, 2:33 PM UTC

perl4ever wrote: post #160

jvanderbot wrote: post #143

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Fast food has never been a cornerstone of healthy living, and I reckon few people eat hamburgers at home. The real benefit, in my mind, is not removing the staple treat of fast food from the market, while vastly reducing our need to farm red meat. I would posit adoption of plant based diets "under the hood" of fast food (and hopefully restaurants) is one of the easiest, most effective ways of dramatically reducing re…

"I reckon few people eat hamburgers at home." There are a lot of choices for hamburger in the grocery stores I go to. Both fresh ground meat, and frozen preformed hamburgers. Have you looked? Someone must be buying them.

Fair dues, that was dumb.

Re: We are on the cusp of a disruption in food and agricultural production

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Post by mcculley » Sun, Oct 06, 2019, 2:34 PM UTC

I don't understand why we would need to synthesize proteins. My understanding is that the body breaks proteins down into amino acids and then builds them into the proteins it needs. So could we just ingest amino acids? Would they be simpler to synthesize than proteins?

Re: We are on the cusp of a disruption in food and agricultural production

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Post by Simulacra » Sun, Oct 06, 2019, 7:44 PM UTC

Food production will continue to get cheaper, while food quality will continue to worsen. We are rapidly approaching a future of "let them eat cake" where the non-wealthy subside on fake food.