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It seems OPs major complaint is that they are not healthy. But unless I'm mistaken, healthy isn't even part of their marketing. Their main thing is how it's better for the environment.
A lot of fear mongering there. His argument boils down to: 1. Beyond burger has canola oil in it, and canola oil is responsible for diabetes, dementia, depression, anxiety, aggression, and kills kittens. Okay, I made the last one up, but he did claim the other ones. And they're all nonsense, except for the bit where he mentions canola oil has an unhealthy ratio of omega-6 to omega-3, which it does, but he convenientl…
These fake meat products shouldn't be much healthier than pink slime burgers made of ground beef and fat. Most burgers are made of 20 to 30% fat trimmings anyway, and the rest is ground beef. All types of oils are not good for us, oil in general is not a health food, no even extra virgin olive oil. The backlash against these fake meat products will come slowly but surely, these are not heath foods and should only be…
> All types of oils are not good for us, oil in general is not a health food, no even extra virgin olive oil. I don't buy this. Omega 3 is the obvious counter example, but I don't even believe that olive oil is outright bad for you.
It's not a whole food, most of the nutrients and the whole fiber has been taken out by the processing.
Olive oil only contains modest amounts of some vitamins, that can be easily obtained elsewhere.
Otherwise, it's almost 100% liquid fat with little micro-nutrient content.
You mean fish oil? I think here people are talking about plant oils. Fish oil is not a health food either, AFIK it's no longer recommended by the American Heart Association https://www.cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/practice-manag...
For a pollutant free source of Omega 3, there is algae oil at very small amounts, or most people bodies just make their own Omega 3, just like any other animal.
How do herbivores get their Omega 3? Through diet, ground flax seeds is a great way to help your body produce Omega 3.
I always assumed fast food was unhealthy and full of artificial ingredients, even real patties can have negative health effects. I would not consider those meat replacements to be healthy but they surely are good enough to replace fast food patties. Also I re-read his tweets and I can't find the part where it's clearly stated that transfat are used, I just see oil being mentioned in those ingredient lists.
> Also I re-read his tweets and I can't find the part where
> it's clearly stated that transfat are used
A lot of fear mongering there. His argument boils down to: 1. Beyond burger has canola oil in it, and canola oil is responsible for diabetes, dementia, depression, anxiety, aggression, and kills kittens. Okay, I made the last one up, but he did claim the other ones. And they're all nonsense, except for the bit where he mentions canola oil has an unhealthy ratio of omega-6 to omega-3, which it does, but he convenientl…
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> All types of oils are not good for us, oil in general is not a health food, no even extra virgin olive oil. I don't buy this. Omega 3 is the obvious counter example, but I don't even believe that olive oil is outright bad for you.
You should not buy this, olive oils are one of the healthiest sources of fat on this earth. Plenty of studies confirm it.
Whole olives are a great source of plant fat, but olive oil is not. Eating the whole food is crucial, instead of these highly processed extracts.
Of course, it's much better than other foods such as saturated fat, but still it's not a health food.
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> All types of oils are not good for us, oil in general is not a health food, no even extra virgin olive oil. I don't buy this. Omega 3 is the obvious counter example, but I don't even believe that olive oil is outright bad for you.
It has to do with the processing, olive oil is a food extract. Olives are awesome, olive oil is not, it's not a health food unlike popular belief. It's not a whole food, most of the nutrients and the whole fiber has been taken out by the processing. Olive oil only contains modest amounts of some vitamins, that can be easily obtained elsewhere. Otherwise, it's almost 100% liquid fat with little micro-nutrient content.…
If the fish oil was removed from fish, the resulting fish would not be healthier.
I'm not sure how this became a debate about vegetarianism either.
It seems OPs major complaint is that they are not healthy. But unless I'm mistaken, healthy isn't even part of their marketing. Their main thing is how it's better for the environment.
Also when stacked next to a processed beef patty, Beyond Meat patties are by far healthier without a doubt.