Plant-based meat company vandalizes the bacon Wikipedia article

Re:Plant-based meat company vandalizes the bacon Wikipedia a... by bko on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @12:25PM (#28541111)

As a side note, I found Game Changers dishonest about being able to be in an extremely competitive athletic field and eat a vegan diet.

For instance, if you look at the diet of the strong man they featured, you'll see he supplements his diet with protein shakes in 4 out of 6 meals between 50-80 grams of protein which isn't mentioned in the documentary. I'm sure a lot of aspects of his lifestyle are unhealthy since he's in an extreme field, but you can't claim vegan diet gives you enough protein for a competitive athlete when you supplement almost every meal with a shake. And I can't imagine that's somehow better for you than eating natural protein. Compare that to what strong man Thor Bjornsson eats, you'll see its a lot fewer protein supplements and more natural food

https://barbend.com/vegan-strongman-patrik-baboumian-diet/

https://barbend.com/hafthor-bjornsson-diet-video/

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Re:Plant-based meat company vandalizes the bacon Wikipedia a... by wbsss4412 on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @02:53PM (#28542876)

Game changers was definitely guilty of a significant amount of editorializing/having and agenda, but I think it’s a bit unfair to claim that protein supplementation in strength sports is a sign of deficiency. Such supplementation is extremely common in strength sports, regardless of whether or not each individual utilizes supplements to that degree. It’s a fallacy to just follow the equation “natural = better” when we know that many of those competitors are likely using anabolic steroids. There’s really very little that is natural or “normal” about competing as a strong man.

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Re:Plant-based meat company vandalizes the bacon Wikipedia a... by ricardobeat on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @05:03PM (#28544313)

The parent comment made a very clear point about a sportsman not following a vegan diet needing much less supplements, and relying on natural protein in their diet. Steroid use seem pretty much unrelated.

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Re:Plant-based meat company vandalizes the bacon Wikipedia a... by wbsss4412 on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @05:38PM (#28544701)

My point was that there are plenty of non vegans that utilize significant amounts supplementary protein, the use of which is not a sign of an inferior dietary pattern, and there’s no evidence that protein supplements are inferior to natural sources for sports performance. Further, the best athletes rely on unnatural supplements, ie steroids. The whole discussion around natural vs unnatural is no more than an alluring narrative, not a factual point.

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Re:Plant-based meat company vandalizes the bacon Wikipedia a... by iconhacker on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @11:48PM (#28547742)

Biologically, human body is not designed to digest meat effectively. The cons of eating meat for major protein source outweighs its risks.

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