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A sustainable diet leaves room for two chicken breasts a week, study says (phys.org)
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255 grams per week. That's the short answer to how much meat you can eat without harming the planet. And that only applies to poultry and pork.

Beef cannot be eaten in meaningful quantities without exceeding planetary boundaries, according to an article published by a group of DTU researchers in the journal Nature Food. So says Caroline H. Gebara, postdoc at DTU Sustain and lead author of the study."

Our calculations show that even moderate amounts of red meat in one's diet are incompatible with what the planet can regenerate of resources based on the environmental factors we looked at in the study. However, there are many other diets—including ones with meat—that are both healthy and sustainable," she says.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (24 children)

Can we please get moving on the lab grown meats already. This shit is getting depressing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

We really don't need lab grown stuff when the meat alternatives on the market now are already so good

If you haven't tried any yet, I highly recommend Impossible meat, it's virtually indistinguishable from the real thing. Quorn is another great option.

And on a budget, Seitan is also fantastic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Honestly, just buy rice and beans and veggies. That plastic wraped stuff is dumb.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I would not have been able to convert my family to become vegetarians without the help of plant meats, as it allows them to continue cooking all their favorite recipes from childhood onward that are meat based, which is incredibly important to them.

I think you underestimate how useful of a tool plant meats are in converting people. In my experience it is far easier for people to switch to a plant meat than it is to convince them to abandon a significant portion of the diet they grew up with, especially if their recipes are deep rooted and cultural.

It's something I'm extremely grateful to have in my tool belt. And in the case of Quorn, it's not even a highly processed thing, it's just a high protein, low carb fungus that they found naturally grew into a meaty texture, and easily absorbs vegan stocks to taste like anything.

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