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by tstactplsignore
2979 days ago
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>And don’t waste time trying to simulate animal products (veggie burgers, faux-turkey, etc.) It’ll never measure up in the end and distract from the really good and tasty vegetarian (or mostly vegetarian) stuff. Man, I hear a lot of vegetarians say this... Just as a mental heuristic, you might be able to realize that your experience differs from the experiences of the people who make up the market for these products seeing as you were already able to go vegetarian... If you need a high calorie, high protein diet, it's hard to go vegetarian- especially if you're allergic to one of the 7 common allergens (nuts, dairy, soy, wheat, eggs...) - an allergy to one makes it difficult, two or more almost impossible. The simulated animal products (beyond burgers, impossible burgers, memphis meats) are my great hope here and I buy the available ones as much as possible. But it's really difficult to reach at least 2.5k calories and 80g of protein per day without just shoveling spoonfuls of quinoa and beans or soylent or protein powder. It's hard to reach a lot of meat eaters if you're just talking about taste and not about macro nutrient requirements. |
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I'm sure you'll appreciate the chance to adjust your own mental heuristics. ;)
I'm just pointing out there are vegetarian dishes I enjoy every bit as much as a fat juicy steak, but not anything created and marketed as a meat substitute. I mention it because reasonable people can come to the conclusion that products created as animal food product substitutes are the best way to ease into eating a more vegetarian diet. But as far as I can tell that's not true.