• mortalic@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Assuming you’re asking about things like impossible and beyond meat. They are generally not “healthy” but one stark difference is they don’t have cholesterol.

      • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 year ago

        Whether something is healthy or not is very contentious in the first place, especially with how much misinformation there is out there.

        I just try to read the labels on the replacements I buy, and most of them just have many random vegetables and stuff, with a seemingly good balance in nutrients and so on. Maybe there is stuff I’m missing, but I don’t see much bad that can be in there.

        I think the most important thing is to just have a relatively balanced diet.

      • Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        I’d say that they are as healthy as the burger king meat they are substituting. I wouldn’t eat either but if you are there, picking either is equally bad so whatever.

    • Ser Salty@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      The unhealthiest part about them is just gonna be that they’re salty, fried and greasy, just like other fast food. It’s just a lump of plant fibres (usually peas or wheat these days, I find) thrown in a frier.

    • Floey@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Yeah they are better than fast food, even the fast food is healthier if you sub the meat. But that is a terrible benchmark to use.

      Compare these meat substitutes to the humble bean and it’s no contest.