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The "Backlash" to Plant-Based Meat Has a Sneaky, if Not Surprising, Explanation (sentientmedia.org)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/2674486

TL;DR: the meat industry's misleading messaging campaign + lobbying

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[-] jonsnothere@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

The same people fear mongering about the health dangers of fake meat and 'cancer causing' aspartame will happily eat red meat which is several categories higher on the cancer causing scale. As in, definitely proven to cause cancer, rather than a soft maybe

[-] abraxas@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I agree, but disagree. Aspartame is not a real cancer risk, but neither is red meat. Red meat is technical 2A with Aspartame 2B, but both have shown no signs of causality.

Similarly, zero cancer deaths have ever been attributed to red meat (~34,000 have been attributed to processed meat).

Red meat's fine in moderation. Aspartame is fine in moderation. NOTHING is fine in excess.

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