STUDY: Low-fat, plant-based diet in multiple sclerosis: A randomized controlled trial

[ActiveMSers]

You make a great point, Rox. A calorie is not a calorie. And all vegetarian food is not healthy. Case in point: while the new Impossible Burger is extremely meat-like, it's likely as bad for you as the real thing, and far more processed. A straight-up veggie burger without the processing is far healthier. The Washington Post just ran a story on it yesterday in fact. -D

But the industry has taken liberties with the definition of “plant-based.” Rather than focusing on whole foods such as vegetables, fruits, legumes and nuts, which is what health professionals mean when they recommend “plant-based eating,” food manufacturers are developing *ultra-processed burgers out of pea or soy protein, methylcellulose and maltodextrin, and liquid “eggs” out of mung bean protein isolate and gellan gum. Then they crown this ultra-processed food with an undeserved health halo.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...3c0_story.html

[neurox]

Impossible to Digest Burger

You make a great point, Rox. A calorie is not a calorie. And all vegetarian food is not healthy. Case in point: while the new Impossible Burger is extremely meat-like, it's likely as bad for you as the real thing, and far more processed. A straight-up veggie burger without the processing is far healthier. The Washington Post just ran a story on it yesterday in fact. -D

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...3c0_story.html

It’s great to see that being published, thank you and amen about highly processed vegetarian foods. They may a way for big corps to continue profiting from junky ultra delicious food in broccoli’s clothing. Who could go to Burger King for a “plant based” whopper and not get fries? But just maybe, a few moderately paced processed veggie burgers are “less bad” than a few big macs, in the long run, as long as we keep perspective on all the trappings we’re rationalizing with them.