Beyond Meat and the Impossible Burger have taken the food industry by storm. Are they healthier options? I break down the Beyond and the Impossible Burgers and look at their health risks compared to a regular beef patty.
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References:
Univ Michigan study: http://css.umich.edu/publication/beyond-meats-beyond-burger-life-cycle-assessment-detailed-comparison-between-plant-based
Red meat & pollution:
https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736%2818%2931788-4.pdf
https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/116/46/23357.full.pdf
red meat studies shown:
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.035225
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969715001308
https://www.nature.com/articles/ejcn2014228
burger nutri info:
impossible: https://faq.impossiblefoods.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018939274-What-are-the-nutrition-facts-
beyond:https://www.beyondmeat.com/products/the-beyond-burger/
red meat: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/336867/nutrients (also Cronometer.com, used 70-90% lean range)
BK whopper:https://company.bk.com/pdfs/nutrition.pdf
coconut oil and serum cholesterol: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.043052
animal vs processed plant products and disease risks:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109717375216
black bean burger recipes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OMunBJ8egE
https://www.markbittman.com/recipes-1/the-simplest-bean-burgers
optional oil-free: https://holycowvegan.net/spicy-vegan-black-bean-burgers/
(extra natural option: use 100% whole wheat flour bun, or skip bun altogether)
Beyond meat and the impossible burger blew up in 2019
The beyond stocks were beyond hot
There’s a general idea that these imitation meats must be healthier since they’re made from plants
but does that really pan out?
even if you’ve been living under a rock you’ve heard of beyond meats and the impossible burger
a study from the Univ of Michigan concluded the Beyond burger generates 90% less greenhouse gas emissions than beef, it requires less energy, less than 1% of the water and 93% less land
this study was commissioned by beyond meats so we can take the numbers with a grain of salt
but the 3rd reason people are excited about beyond meat and the impossible burger is the health angle
we have lots of studies on beef, what about beyond meat and the impossible?
So what all these blogs have been doing with the head to head comparison, beef vs imitation meats, is comparing nutrient composition
are the imitations better or worse than beef?
calories: the impossible and the beyond are around the same, about 250cals. Beef, 205-290
protein, 19g for the impossible, 20g for beyond. beef: 16 - 28g
saturated fat 8g for the impossible, 6 for beyond, and about 6 for beef
in the impossible they also added heme iron, leghemoglobin
The beyond on the other hand doesn’t have any heme iron
soy: impossible burger has it, the beyond doesn’t.
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