Plant-based ultraprocessed foods linked to heart disease, early death, study says | CNN
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Eating plant-based ultraprocessed foods raise the risk of heart disease and early death, but there’s an easy fix, a new study found.

plant based alternatives are pretty good for reducing calories or inflammation in my experience.

Ultra processed foods are unsurprisingly (but disappointingly) still bad.

  • lemmyng@lemmy.caEnglish
    211·
    6 months ago

    The point of plant-based foods is less about being healthier (but low-processed plant foods can be), the point is that plant-based foods are less ecologically demanding to produce. A pound of ground beef has a bigger carbon footprint than a pound of plant-based meat substitute.

    • nifty@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      I disagree, I think the plant alternatives should provide the same nutritional value as conventional items, otherwise people will never make the switch. I don’t think it’s fair to expect plant alternatives to be healthier, but just as healthy is fair

      • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        This is not very pragmatic. People who buy processed junk food already do not care about the health factor, what they care about is taste and cost.

        As others point out, vegan junk food comes with much less cost to the environment and animal welfare. That is pretty big.

        Best should not be the enemy of better.

        • nifty@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          6 months ago

          Ahhh okay, you’re talking about junk food eaters. Totally agree on that point then. I was speaking from the perspective having a non-junk food or less junk food diet.

      • FireRetardant@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        People shouldn’t be expected to throw away their physical health for the betterment of the environment. The healthiest vegan options are made the same way the healthiest animals products are made, by starting with fresh whole foods not high sodium, fatty, sugar loaded processed foods.