Good grief this is a long article, but it has some very interesting things to say about nutrition and diet and only...
Good grief this is a long article, but it has some very interesting things to say about nutrition and diet and only thinking one way. Also, socio-economic white privilege.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/07/how-junk-food-can-end-obesity/309396/
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/07/how-junk-food-can-end-obesity/309396/
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/07/how-junk-food-can-end-obesity/309396/
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/07/how-junk-food-can-end-obesity/309396/
What the stuff does contain, though, is more than three times the fat content per ounce as the beef patty in a Big Mac (more than two-thirds of the calories come from fat), and four times the sodium.
ReplyDeleteWhy is he comparing cheese replacement to meat, instead of the slice of cheddar on top of that Big Mac.
I think his point is that as an example of something supposedly iconically evil food, the meat in a Big Mac, and something iconically hero food, raw vegan etc., the nutritional comparison of the two suggests that this raw food product is actually super unhealthy by even their own measures. Whereas, the meat patty in the Big Mac actually has food value that is better by several measures.
ReplyDeleteWhat I'd say about that is that obviously no one orders a Big Mac and then only eats the meat patty. But his point is valid in that cherry picking and willful ignorance don't make a high fat, high calorie, low nutrition food better for you just because it's raw and vegan.
NB: I looked it up and it isn't cheese at all. It also depends on what review you read but it doesn't taste like cheese, either.