How Does Fake Meat Affect Your Microbiome?

Nutrition Diva

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🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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New plant-based meat alternatives look, cook, and taste more like actual meat than ever before. But are these highly processed foods really better for you? And what's the environmental impact of all that processing? Read the companion article on Quick and Dirty Tips. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows. Subscribe to the newsletter for more diet and nutrition tips. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe https://www.facebook.com/QDTNutrition/ https://twitter.com/NutritionDiva

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Nutrition Devapodcast. I'm your host, Monica Rinegal, and this week
0:10.6	we're talking about plant-based meats and whether they really are better for your health
0:15.8	or for the planet. The market for these plant-based meat alternatives is growing super fast, but
0:22.6	some people are questioning whether these highly processed foods really are a better choice
0:28.0	in terms of nutrition or the environment. And these days we're also curious about how
0:33.8	various foods and dietary patterns affect the microbiome, which in turn influences so many
0:39.9	aspects of our health, and there's some new research on that to share. But first, let me
0:45.2	clarify what type of foods we're talking about today. I'm not talking about cultured meat
0:52.1	products, which are actual meat but produced without animals. If you'd like to hear more
0:56.8	about that, check out my episode number 596 on lab-grown meats. I'm also not referring to
1:04.8	veggie burgers, bean burgers, and other products which aren't trying to mimic the flavor and the
1:11.1	texture of meat, or at least they're not trying very successfully. I'm talking about products that
1:17.2	are designed not just to stand in for meat, but to mimic it with increasing verisimilitude. For
1:24.4	example, impossible burger, beyond burger, and meatless farm all have products that look and cook
1:31.6	just like raw ground beef. They're often sold right next to the actual ground beef at the grocery
1:37.6	store, and they're packaged so similarly that if you weren't paying attention, you might easily
1:42.6	think that they were ground beef. Now these types of plant-based meat alternatives are not intended
1:48.5	for people who find the idea of eating meat disgusting. These are for people who really enjoy
1:55.2	eating meat, but feel like it might be better for their health or for the health of the planet,
2:00.2	not too. But would it? Let's take a closer look at how they stack up starting with the nutrition.
2:09.1	While old-school veggie burgers are often lower in fat and calories, these new plant-based
2:14.8	meat alternatives are formulated to be much closer to the nutrient profile of meat.
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