JustinHammond wrote:https://www.forbes.com/sites/daphneewingchow/2020/06/28/not-all-meatless-meats-are-good-for-your-health-or-the-environment/
Well that was very interesting and informative. ( It was a bit....odd (?) that within the article they compared fat contents between a whopper sized vegan burger and a WhiteCastle sized meat slider. Given that one is roughly 1/4 lb and the other is about the size of 4 postage stamps making me think the article may be a wee bit slanted but let's overlook that. )
But frankly I don't see what the argument is about? Are we discussing what's good/bad for people, the environment, the meat industry, which? Because there are pros and cons just as there are with anything whether you're talking about drinking alcohol or drinking milk. People are vegan/vegetarians for a myriad of different reasons from religious ideals, to health benefits to environmental reasons, to what their budget can afford.
Is it anyone's place to argue with religious ideals, anyone health issues or their budget? As far as environmental issues go, is there a comparison to to what a hundred acres of soybeans does to the environment and what a healthy sized heard of beef can do to the same acreage or the surrounding air for that matter?
So whenever I hear the arguments against non-meat products I tend to hear the voices of the same meat industry moguls that attempted to sue Oprah Winfrey for simply saying she would never eat another hamburger. And I can't stand a bully.
All which brings us back to this....
Heather L wrote:You don't have to get it and you don't have to eat it or seek it out, so who cares? Don't eat them if you find them disgusting and move on.