Considering vegetarianism. Is it bad to eat too much Quorn?

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I use Q sausages and mince anyways.

But have recently been snacking on their cocktail sausages, faux scotch eggs and chicken dipper type things.

I really need to keep my protein up but have really gone off meat.

Would it be unhealthy to eat, say 50g worth of quorn protein a day?

I grew up in a working class family then survived years as a single mum on disability benefits, stuff being 'processed' doesn't bother me.

If you can afford to never eat processed food that's really awesome but for most people processed foods are just a normal daily staple, veggie or not.

Thankyou for all the information and thoughts.

Ill continue to eat quorn, found quorn 'turkey' dinosaurs yesterday!

But I will try to eat more nuts, houmous, lentils ect too

It’s way more expensive to buy processed foods OP.
how much is a box of 12 eggs compared to the equivalent number of Quorn scotch eggs

Eating ultra processed food will have significantly contributed to you needing weight loss surgery op.

Please prioritise your health and please make a positive change and don't waste this opportunity.

Fake meat 'turkey' 'dinosaurs'. 😖

Lots of people are very allergic to Quorn. It’s common. I assume you are not allergic. Quorn isn’t very good for you. And it’s expensive.

We love Quorn too OP. I have the exact same thing as you, the horror of getting a bit of grizzle in meat, I have the same physical reaction. Isn't it strange?!

Long live Quorn. And us.

There is a known risk of people who have had gastric surgery developing eating disorders such as Anorexia Nervosa. This can include seeking to cut out essential food groups, particularly as nausea and vomiting is something so common after surgery - perhaps you are beginning to associate nausea from possibly eating a little more than ideal with those foods as a whole? So you've reasoned it's the foods themselves rather than a slightly misjudged quantity? It's also worth thinking about whether it's the 'slider' nature of the salty, high flavour processed meat substitutes that's appealing, so you might be subconsciously trying to find something that is easier to eat, especially as you're complaining of finding some texture/bits that need to be chewed and digested differently, so would take up fractionally more space in the pouch than a perfectly smooth imitation chicken nugget.

Whilst you don't have any ongoing followup at present, I think it could be a very important thing to arrange; the financial cost is significantly less than the original surgery and the costs of the food subs - and the physical and emotional costs of not doing it could be far higher.

I really don't understand this. You do know millions of people over the world far poorer than you follow veggie diets without ever eating processed food or Quorn. You can eat cheaply and be veggie without eating any processed food even in the UK. My weekly grocery bill for 4 veggies eating real food- including 2 teens-is about £ 60. It is only in the UK that processed fake foods are a daily staple. No other country eats this badly and this unhealthily, even far poorer countries.

You seem absolutely determined to eat Quorn daily in various forms. Which is fine and your prerogative, but then why post asking for healthy options?

They're delicious 😋 😋 😋

Thanks for the advice 👍 appreciate it

@dogwoe it's not about finding a food delicious, obviously. The op knew enough to ask whether Quorn is a healthy option to get her protein in. She's been given great advice but has instead graduated to the turkey twizzlers of the vegetarian world...

A further quick google will also show you that this soy is mostly grown to feed cattle. I don’t know how people this ignorant but so confident.

This is a myth. It can cause some issues with absorbing thyroid medication but there is 0 evidence of it causing issues with thyroids in healthy

I actually then said I didn't feel as informed as I'd like to be and was interested in reading more but whatever ;-)

Tofu
Beans- cannelini or chickpeas, can go in salad
Different types of cheese

Would it be unhealthy to eat, say 50g worth of quorn protein a day?

pretty much everyone: “YES!”

op: “oh well, I used to eat processed food before so will carry on”

honestly op, why ask?

The picnic eggs are full of fat and salt, as are the cocktail sausages, the dinosaurs and the dippers. All the crumb coated stuff is.

The chunks of imitation meat are nutritious, but the prepared foods in which they are used may be high in fat or salt.

Why go through such a big op if you aren’t going to make lifestyle changes to ensure you are staying in the best health?

If you can afford to never eat processed food that's really awesome but for most people processed foods are just a normal daily staple, veggie or not.

Eh? That makes no sense. Processed food is more expensive than non-processed!

but why state something as a fact when you’ve no clue?

Exact % vary depending on the source but it’s undeniable that the meat industryvia animal feed driving up soy comsumption and therefore deforestation. Which makes total sense, meat eating has tripled in the last 50 years.

ourworldindata.org/soy

No other country eats this badly and this unhealthily, even far poorer countries.

It's just not the UK. My home country in Scandinavia is just as bad. The supermarkets have kilometre long convenience meal isles which have been marketed lovingly prepared and cooked in grandma's kitchen. All full of seed oils, lecithins, thickeners, emulsifiers, palm oil, maltodextrin and so on. The same applies for ice creams, sweets and cakes, you can choose from hundreds of different flavours and combinations. But try to find a plain chicken breast, you might not be so lucky. Yes, there's chicken strips in a ready made marinade but plain chicken - no.
Restaurants where you can eat as much as you can for a set price are hugely popular too. The nation is getting fatter than ever, just like here in the UK.

Nice change not to hear that Mexico or USA has worst diet in world.

Flour, milk, pasta, butter, oil, white rice, orange juice are all excellent examples of how much cheaper processed food is than a lot of unprocessed foods, at least wrt calories/£. Compare those staples to price of apples, lettuce, raw peanuts, whole chicken: the processed staples are cheaper per 100 kcal.

But it clearly does bother you because you had surgery. Processed food is a huge contributing factor for obesity, overeating and multitude of other health problems.

What a load of rubbish.

Hi OP - I have been a vegetarian for 30 years and tbh, I find it quite difficult to consume more than 50g/protein per day typically

A lot of the whole foods people are suggesting (pulses etc which are a mainstay of my own diet) might be a bit fibrous for you short term perhaps?

I don’t eat/like quorn but do eat some processed burgers/sausages (usually 1-2 week max)

Thinking if digestible high protein veggie foods:

• skyr/protein yogurts -15+g per serving, even more for kvarg


• cottage cheese


• other cheeses


• some veggie burgers (eg Linda McCartney etc - but perhaps keep these to occasional vs every day)


• Peanut butter/seed butters


• soy milk /milk


• tofu is easily digested


• eggs - if you can only face 1/day it still helps


• nuts in all forms (eg if baking sun some almond flour etc for some of the flour)


• chickpea flour - can make pancakes etc

I don’t think eating quorn (or other meat subs) to get 50g/protein a day long term is wise - hope some of these can help you vary it in a way that you can tolerate