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Re:U.S. Kids Are Getting Nearly 70% of Their Calories from '... by CarelessExpert on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @04:41PM (#28134177)
> I'm not aware of any food that would be considered "ultra-processed" yet known to be good for people.

So, no meat substitutes for you, then? Because if Beyond Meat burgers aren't "ultra-processed", I don't know what is.

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Re:U.S. Kids Are Getting Nearly 70% of Their Calories from '... by dataflow on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @04:45PM (#28134251)
> So, no meat substitutes for you, then?

Is there something on my profile that indicates I only eat things that are good for me?

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Re:U.S. Kids Are Getting Nearly 70% of Their Calories from '... by CarelessExpert on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @04:48PM (#28134289)
Yup, that was poorly phrased. My bad.

Let me try that again:

I'd say a lot of people view meat substitutes as a healthier choice. But the Beyond Meat burger is, to me, the very definition of an "ultra-processed" food.

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Re:U.S. Kids Are Getting Nearly 70% of Their Calories from '... by dataflow on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @04:53PM (#28134368)
"Ultra-processed => not good" does not imply "not ultra-processed => good".

And I'm pretty sure people who believe Beyond is healthier are wrong regardless of how we classify Beyond Meat. (Though I'm not even sure the majority of Beyond Meat eaters believe it's healthier in the first place.)

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Re:U.S. Kids Are Getting Nearly 70% of Their Calories from '... by CarelessExpert on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @05:28PM (#28134847)
> Though I'm not even sure the majority of Beyond Meat eaters believe it's healthier in the first place.

I disagree. I suspect a lot of people believe Beyond's products are healthier simply by virtue of not being meat.

Heck, they might be right, though I tend to agree with you and suspect it's at best a wash.

Also, thanks for the refresher on modus ponens and the fallacy of the inverse. ;) It's been a long time since formal logic... not that I miss it...

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