[ElCheapo]

That's not what the abstract says.

They're specifically talking about foods which are claimed to be meat replacements.

If you have an all-encompassing and well varied vegan diet then this study doesn't really say anything about your situation

[tluyben2]

> That's not what the abstract says.

What is not? I started my second paragraph asking what in plant based meat, in that regard, is causing the difference vs eating plants…

[ElCheapo]

A) group 1 gets an omnivore diet, group 2 gets the same diet but substitutes all the meat with "meat replacements"

B) group 1 gets an omnivore diet, group 2 gets a vegan diet

those are two different experiments

[h0l0cube]

This isn't the plant-based meat or regular meat products that you would get off the shelf:

> Meat and plant-based meat analogue diets were prepared as follows: Firstly, all visible fat and connective tissue were removed. Pork or beef muscles were cut into smaller sizes that were visibly similar to plant-based meats. Secondly, the samples were freeze-dried and ground to a powder. All the resulting powders were passed through a 25-mesh sieve. Thirdly, the content of the main components of the freeze-dried meat powder were determined and shown in Table S1. Fourthly, the nutritionally balanced semi-synthetic AIN-93M formula2 was used as reference and the ingredients in it were replaced by meat or meat analogues according to the results of the determination. The protein in the diet is derived entirely from meat or plant-based meat analogues. Finally, the granule and purified type diets were prepared by Trophic Animal Feed High-tech Co., Ltd., China. The ingredient composition and nutritional content of diets were shown in Tables S2 and Tables S3. Except for the higher sodium, fiber, or fat content in plant-based meat analogues that cannot be fully balanced based on the protein content, various other nutrients are present in equal amounts in real meat and plant-based meat analogue diets.

[eej71]

I enjoyed your earlier typo that misused the word - taunted - when you probably meant touted. In a sense your typo is right! They are taunted as a meat replacement.