BBC article: "Why vegan junk food may be even worse for your health"
This article may have already been discussed here, but in Sept 2020, the BBC posted the article "Why vegan junk food may be even worse for your health." Their inclusion of the word "junk" may say it all, but I'm curious what people here think about the article's claims, such as that eating meat alternatives can make one nutritionally deficient and that it may take some time to notice the deficiency. I'm guessing that they're possibly focusing on the worst meat alternatives that exist purely for marketing or financial reasons and they also use the term "vegan fast food," which seems difficult to define. But it does say that items like tofu, jack fruit and even beans don't deliver the health benefits often claimed. The suggestion of the article overall seems to be that vegan meat alternatives "might" be worse for your health than meat itself, with some conditions I'm skeptical about the article overall, but was curious what others think.
This article may have already been discussed here, but in Sept 2020, the BBC posted the article "Why vegan junk food may be even worse for your health." Their inclusion of the word "junk" may say it all, but I'm curious what people here think about the article's claims, such as that eating meat alternatives can make one nutritionally deficient and that it may take some time to notice the deficiency. I'm guessing that they're possibly focusing on the worst meat alternatives that exist purely for marketing or financial reasons and they also use the term "vegan fast food," which seems difficult to define. But it does say that items like tofu, jack fruit and even beans don't deliver the health benefits often claimed. The suggestion of the article overall seems to be that vegan meat alternatives "might" be worse for your health than meat itself, with some conditions I'm skeptical about the article overall, but was curious what others think.