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Re:40% of lost calories globally are from beef, needing 33 c... by Argonaut998 on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @03:35PM (#47770375)
Yes let me eat 5.7kg of broccoli per day instead of 500g of beef to meet my protein macros
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Re:40% of lost calories globally are from beef, needing 33 c... by Boxxed on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @04:20PM (#47770955)
It works both ways: "Yeah, let me eat 100kg of beef per day instead of 500g of broccoli to get my Vitamin C."

But anyway, legumes are much more efficient source of protein than beef. I don't understand why you decided to compare against broccoli.

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Re:40% of lost calories globally are from beef, needing 33 c... by recursive on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @04:37PM (#47771169)
Maybe we should eat both then.
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Re:40% of lost calories globally are from beef, needing 33 c... by Argonaut998 on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @02:57PM (#47783578)
Sorry, let me eat 1.8kg of lentils instead. The point I was making is that there is a need for both.
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Re:40% of lost calories globally are from beef, needing 33 c... by r_p4rk on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @04:49PM (#47771317)
Okay but what are you eating after your weekly allowance of 500g red meat to avoid needlessly increasing your bowel cancer risk?
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Re:40% of lost calories globally are from beef, needing 33 c... by Argonaut998 on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @02:55PM (#47783555)
Nothing, like the 10s of generations before me.
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Re:40% of lost calories globally are from beef, needing 33 c... by hackable_sand on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @09:56PM (#47773773)
Why not switch to 500g of dog meat?
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Re:40% of lost calories globally are from beef, needing 33 c... by Argonaut998 on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @02:58PM (#47783602)
Dog meat isn't available here, and where it is available in countries such as China and Vietnam, they are readily tortured and boiled alive to make the meat 'taste better'. No thanks.

It is for the same reason I do not eat pork.

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