[sinemetu11]

Plenty of brown rice, soy, nuts, beans etc for people to stop eating meat altogether if they actually needed more protein (they probably don't). ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Maybe we should direct funds towards advertising meat-free and the benefits of not consuming carcinogenic meat instead of all of this meat replacement. [1]

[1] https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2015/11/03/repo...

[deworms]

You can eat all the inferior substitutes, I'll stick to grass fed beef every day. There's no replacement for animal protein, it's the healthiest thing you can eat. Meat is well known to increase testosterone levels, promoting all sorts of beneficial effects on your metabolism and mental well being.

[sinemetu11]

Ah yes, most people's testosterone levels would be too low without meat. lol

Regular exercise should help with metabolism and just about everything else you could imagine.

[chana_masala]

> it's the healthiest thing you can eat

So do you also believe that cholesterol is good for you?

[CameronNemo]

Do you have a source on the testosterone?

[nickkell]

The obesity is most likely offsetting that though

[wintermutestwin]

The problem with all non-animal sources of protein is their ratio of protein to carb+fat. I eat ~.8gr of protein per lb of body weight per day to maintain my muscle mass. If I had to get that protein from non-animal sources, I'd be way over my total daily calorie intake.

[Nbox9]

There are plenty of vegan athletes, and even vegan power lifters [0]. It’s totally possible to eat a plant based diet and have a lot of muscle mass.

[0[ https://www.greatveganathletes.com/category/vegan-powerlifte...

[matchbok]

That amount of protein is entirely, totally unnecessary.

[xdennis]

No one is forcing you to eat meat. Don't force your views on others and we can all live in peace.

[Jeff_Brown]

The advertising you're talking about is already happening at the grassroots level. You're part of it. I hope it works.

Personally I eat as much rice and beans as polite company will tolerate. Alas, I hit the wall pretty fast.

[chana_masala]

The more you eat beans the more your gut flora adjusts to it. Stereotypical bean eating families like Mexicans and Indians are not full of farts.

[chana_masala]

As a vegan Hindu it makes me sick thinking about making a food have the taste and texture of a dead animal. But I do understand the desire to keep eating what is familiar

[Nbox9]

The other day I decided to try a beyond burger for a change. I had to throw it away because I could not eat it, because eating something even close to meat was unappetizing.