What are the nutritional pros and cons of plant-based meat substitutes?

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Dr. Nyree Dardarian, RD, CSSD, EdD · Answer

What are the nutritional pros and cons of plant-based meat substitutes. Okay, so there's so much here. Can I get it all in and 60 seconds? I don't know. Here we go. Number one, plant-based meat substitutes the pros? Well, you're not eating meat. If you don't want to eat meat, but I really don't see that many cons also to eating meat if it's done correctly. So the pros also might be that you know it sticks with your culture. It might stick with your belief system, but there are also other ways to do it because you know what that that's meat substitute it's really expensive and it's full of so many processed foods, coconut oil. I mean it really is not the healthiest product. I would much rather have a really good bean burger, then a plant-based meat alternative or you know what? Just have a turkey burger

Scott Sehnert · Answer

What would be some nutritional pros and cons of plant-based meat? Substitutes, well I would suppose the media Pro would be, it's a likely a quality source of protein and what can be a semi challenging dietary plan to get quality protein in the con? Is that it's that meat substitute. So you're kind of lending that it's another ultra-processed type of food and what we're learning more and more about others ultra-processed Foods. Foods or what can be such a cause of some of our health issues in the United States. And so the benefits of a plant-based sort of diet or that you're eating lots of plants Whole Foods. And so if you're choosing ultra-processed Foods, you're kind of getting away from the benefits of a plant-based diet. So those would be the pros and cons that I see.

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"What are the nutritional pros and cons of plant-based meat substitutes?"