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To think we should all eat less meat & dairy

157 replies

grumiosmum · 08/08/2019 16:24

... because of the climate crisis (as well as our health)

Important new report out today: www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49238749

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mindproject · 09/08/2019 20:50

I doubt any of the spreads you had a child were vegan, nearly all the vegan spreads are new. The Flora one has been on the market less than a year. Plant based food has improved a lot lately.

HouseholdPlantMurderer · 09/08/2019 20:54

I cracked it 😂
Biggest problem with cows is their... Gassiness. The release of methan.
We should add some activated charcoal to their diet.
It helped me😂

I am of course joking (a bit)
No matter how serious this all is, the thought that it's cows farts (amongst other things) which are slowly killing us is making me giggle...
I did hear that you are 20x more likely to be killed by a cow rather than shark, I guess they just never specified the ways cows kill people🙈

HouseholdPlantMurderer · 09/08/2019 20:55

@mindproject they may taste better, but as I said. If I have a choice I will not be buying something with palm oil in it, amongst other things. Rather go for UK butter.

BahHumbygge · 09/08/2019 21:07

I won't be eating anything with any seed oils in, so margarines and spreads are totally out for me. Only butter and tallow/lard for me (and a bit of EV olive oil for bolognese). I also boycott all food with palm oil because of habitat loss in SE Asia.

www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/diet/what-seed-oils-are-really-doing-to-your-body/news-story/e3c6b89c42459afb637957036d5de10f?#.kzwku

EvaHarknessRose · 09/08/2019 21:17

The vote on this is interesting.

Plant based eating suits me, so have been going that way anyway.

HouseholdPlantMurderer · 09/08/2019 21:28

I get why vegan diet suits some people, but as someone who doesn't eat meet every day, I still like it and want to have it. When we tried quark, DH ended up throwing up half a day. And just looking at products like for example "vegan steak" makes me nervous because of the number of ingredients in it. Tesco vegan steak has 18.
I like my food simple. For example steak, with veg (some of it grown) and some carb. Add bit of spices and that's it.

I do sometimes wonder what is a total carbon footprint of vegan alternatives like the steak. Like all ingredients combined from start to consumer.

HouseholdPlantMurderer · 09/08/2019 21:28

*Meat🙄

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