Whole Foods CEO on plant-based meat: Good for the environment, but not for yo

Re:Whole Foods CEO on plant-based meat: Good for the environ... by owenmarshall on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @12:16PM (#20821179)

The meat of his criticism (rimshot) is that the foods are too processed:

> “I don’t think eating highly processed foods is healthy. I think people thrive on eating whole foods,” Mackey says. “As for health, I will not endorse that, and that is about as big of criticism that I will do in public.”

The article then brings in valid concerns from dietitians that the meat substitutes aren’t necessarily any healthier than the meat they replace - but it feels like a disservice all around to put that beside an argument that “they just aren’t natural.”

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Re:Whole Foods CEO on plant-based meat: Good for the environ... by vokep on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @02:20PM (#20822491)

>meat substitutes aren’t necessarily any healthier than the meat they replace

uh...duh? That's the point of them. If you want a healthy meat substitute, have a veggie burger. These are not veggie burgers in any traditional sense. Maybe a healthy version will be made, but this is about replacing the absolute terror that is the meat industry.

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