To complain that processed plant-based products are not perfectly healthy is ridiculous, especially compared to the standard Western diet.
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Fake Meat vs. Real Meat in The New York
Times, Dec. 4, 2019: “Millennials are gobbling down plant-based burgers,
prompting meat producers to question the health benefits of ‘ultra-processed
imitations.’”
New York Times Comment Section Dec. 4
Between plant-based meat and animal-derived meat, "fake" meat wins hands
down. Plant-based meat is a slaughter-free product for which no animal has
to suffer and die miserably and no human being has to do the dirtiest, most
depressing work in the world.
Plant-powered meat does not pass intestinal bacteria such as Salmonella,
Campylobacter, Listeria, and E coli into human handlers and consumers of
animal products. When these intestinal bacteria appear on lettuce and other
plant produce, it's the result of animal agribusiness contamination. Chicken
is the biggest source of food poisoning, and animals raised in cesspool
conditions and fed horrible diets are not healthy no matter how pro-animal
meat industry proponents try to lie about it. People who choose plant-based
over animal products are making the right choice.
Probably only raw, organic foods are perfectly healthy for human
consumption, but to complain that processed plant-based products are not
perfectly healthy is ridiculous, especially compared to the standard Western
diet. The terrible effects of this diet are well-documented: obesity, high
blood pressure, Type-2 diabetes, heart failure, and food-borne illnesses.
— Karen Davis, PhD, President, United Poultry Concerns
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Support the Plant-Powered Food Revolution! Buy animal-free foods – organic, raw, cooked, processed, all of these – and help put an end to slaughterhouses. Post comments and write letters to the editor in support of animal-free cuisine. Talk to people. The current trend toward plant-powered foods must grow, and we who care about animals, who have lit the plant-powered fire, must maintain the momentum through our food purchases, cooking skills, animal advocacy and education!
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