re: How good are impossible burgers?

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Not sure why trying something with an open mind seemed to piss people off so much.

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I can only speak for myself of course. Personally, I generally, with limited exceptions, don't care what a person eats, or why.

The problem I do have is that our corporate food culture in this country is horrible, and its inevitable results are all around us (morbid obesity, chronic disease, etc.). Couple that with a prevalent media messaging that tries to push the "meat is bad" talking point simultaneously with a "eat our processed oil meat substitute" talking point, all while using profits to endanger the natural food industry, and yeah, I get a little testy.

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Why would you give up something that is healthy for something that is not healthy?

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High cholesterol, and by “a lot” I mean 2 or so a month. Just replaced regular burgers with beyond meat burgers. I try not to eat many, because like you said, they aren’t healthy overall.

I think the only reason to choose it over beef is for cholesterol reasons or because you are against eating red meat. That’s about it.

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I think the only reason to choose it over beef is for cholesterol reasons

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Only if you think dietary cholesterol is bad for you.

The fake meat companies use that aspect as a marketing tool. That alone is enough to make you question whether what we’ve been told about dietary cholesterol is correct.

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I watched a show on CNN last night that said they were better than beef.

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You really trusting the media on how a burger tastes?