If you go look at Dr McDougall's Facebook page, he put up a post yesterday with the label of the new "Plant-based" vegan burger Beyond Meat, with the caption, Beyond Meat or Beyond Health?
https://www.facebook.com/DrJohnMcDougal ... 4360044054The product, per 4 oz serving, has 290 calories, a calorie density of ~1200 cal/lb, is 65% fat, 16% saturated fat, has 450 mgs of sodium and contains isolated protein and oils (canola, coconut oil and sunflower oil).
This makes it pure CRAP
The company markets their product as "all the benefits of plant-based."
Really??
The product is not just pure CRAP, it's actually what I call, Premium CRAP, CRAP that has been modified, marketed & advertised to give the illusion and delusion of being healthy/healthier when compared with ‘regular’ CRAP.
The post has over300 comments.
While I didn't get an exact count, many of the over 300 comments were from people defending this product by saying at least it's not a real burger, eating it is saving animals, it's a transition food, it tastes like the real thing, it's good once in a while, and so on.
Sorry, but no, no, no, no, no and so on... NO!
Why?
Because even in the world of vegan burgers these may be the highest in calories, fat, sat fat and sodium and contains oils & isolated protein powders, making it the worst.
Not only are there several packaged vegan burgers that are much better then this one, one can simply make their own very easily.
One of its selling points is that is has the taste and mouth feel of real beef. One person even commented that they enjoy being able to eat a vegan burger that actually tastes like the real thing.
So why defend a pure Premium CRAP vegan burger just because it is vegan when there are much healthier options. It's not like the only choice we have is to eat a real burger, eat nothing, or eat this Premium CRAP.
I have often said (even in this forum) that the biggest obstacle to the success of the vegan "movement" is the vegans themselves. This is why vegans get such a bad name & are shooting themselves in the foot.
Welcome to the future of the WFPB & vegan movement.
This is why I am not part of any movement or a
vegan RDN, just a
health care professional doing my job.
In Health
Jeff