[Answered] Why is the consumption of Meat considered bad

Skyraptor7@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 211 points –

I heard something to do with Nitrogen and …cow farts(?) I am really unsure of this and would like to learn more.

Answer -

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  • Ethical reason for consuming animals
  • Methane produced by cows are a harmful greenhouse gas which is contributing to our current climate crisis
  • Health Reasons - there is convincing evidence that processed meats cause cancer
  • it takes a lot more calories of plant food to produce the calories we would consume from the meat.

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Meat is actually not a good source of protein compared to plant proteins. Meat was a good way of turning stuff we couldn’t eat into stuff we can, but now they just feed livestock grains anyways.

Lentils have waaaayyyyyy more protein to weight.

Lentils have waaaayyyyyy more protein to weight.

I'm not sure I understand you correctly, but lentils have ~20g protein per 100g while chicken has ~50g. Do you mean compared to grains?

Everything I can find says that lentils have waaaayyyy more protein. Maybe it’s the difference between cooked and dry? The water is going to add a lot of weight and zilch protein.

Lentils have waaaayyyyyy more protein to weight.

But they taste like lentils :-(

Delicious?

I mean yeah. Sometimes they're really good. Sometimes they're bland mush.

Yeah, you have to cook them right, just like anything. Meat tastes awful if you cook it wrong, too.

But must of us grew up to know how to cook meat. I learned how to cook vegetarian meals that aren't side dishes when I was 30. Besides spaghetti Napoli I mean.