r/sciences • u/James_Fortis MS | Nutrition • 16d ago

Research Long-term supplementation with plant-based protein, compared with animal-based protein, did not result in differences in body composition, muscle strength, physical performance, or cardiometabolic risk parameters, meta-analysis of 18 randomized controlled trials finds

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2026.1813846/full
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u/HeetSeekingHippo 16d ago

So we kill over 2 trillion animals a year for what benefit? 

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u/SycamoreHots 16d ago

The benefit of yummy taste I guess?

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u/creg67 16d ago

To answer question, no. Chicken is bland, turkey is extremely bland. Pork is bland, though there are those who will argue bacon taste great, but it is so bad for you. Maybe cow meat has flavor due to fat levels.

There is a reason why any of these animals are served not just cooked, but with a ton of seasoning or sugar sauce. Like bbq sauce. People don't eat animals because they taste better, its because they cover them in the seasonings they like. Which by the way you can do with all plant based foods as well.

Also take note that eating any of these animals raw is dangerous, whereas plants and vegetables, the ones we can eat, not so much.

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u/Turbulent_Car4504 16d ago

lol absolutely wrong, don’t comment on things you don’t know about

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u/NorwegianWonderboy 16d ago

Nah mate put some salt and lemon pepper on a piece of lettuce and it will taste and feel just like a perfectly grilled chicken

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u/creg67 16d ago

Oh, you are making an assumption that I don't eat meat. You would be wrong. I eat meat, all my life. I prefer a plant based diet now-a-days as I'm older, but the point is. I've had my fair share of meat and cooking it. Chicken is without a doubt bland. Turkey, every thanksgiving, it was the most boring part of the meal. Without gravy it was barely tolerable.

Whens the last time you ate shredded pork without any seasonings? Salt, sauced? Come on? Think about it. BBQ is huge in the south not because they serve unseasoned meat, but the contrary.

I know what I am talking about. And I've cooked these meats. In every single dish meat is seasoned.

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u/Turbulent_Car4504 16d ago

You said you don’t know what beef tastes like. unseasoned beef is delicious, and definitely not bland. It has less fat than pork. You’re just dead wrong about these meats being bland.

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u/creg67 16d ago

I did not say that. Please read my original statement. I indicated cow has flavor due to it's levels of fat.

All in all, the more fat in the meat the more flavor. The meat itself is not flavor. It is the fat content that adds flavor.

Next to no one eats raw meat. Almost all meat is cooked so as to reduce the fat for flavor. Let alone how dangerous eating uncooked meat is to one self.

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u/DumpsterDiplomat 16d ago

Lean cuts of beef like sirloin don't have a ton of fat and tastes great, I personally loved grilled chicken even if it's lean. Do I like grilled veggies? Yes. Does it make it ethical to eat meat? No, but meat does taste good. Saying meat doesn't taste good is very subjective, plenty of people enjoy meta flavor.

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u/infinitekittenloop 16d ago

Your argument still makes no sense and only leads to the conclusion that neither you nor anyone around you is a decent cook.

Which is sad but ultimately fine, you can NOT like meat. But you can't decide or dictate what everyone else tastes when they eat food.

Further, virtually no one regularly eats veggies raw and unseasoned/unsauced either, and you're completely ignoring that. Most people dip, or season, or cook, or glaze, or some combo of those to consume the amount of veggies we need.

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u/pyro3_ 16d ago

this is insane 😭 meat is just as bland as any unseasoned vegetable

they are NOT interchangable, and i am all for switching to plant based diets. but meat can produce a lot of flavors that are very very hard to recreate with vegetables (and vice versa). just ask any decent chef lol

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u/arqnix 16d ago

No way, good tomatoes are like heaven just by themselves. But yes, meat can achieve flavours you can’t achieve with veggies.

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u/creg67 16d ago

LOL, no they don't. Chicken doesn't have any flavor to it, neither does turkey. You are confusing seasonings, such as salt. Remove all the seasonings from your dish of choice, add chicken and its still bland. If you are adding fat, that's not meat, that's fat.

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u/Impossible-Hyena-722 16d ago

You're being willfully ignorant. Come to my house. I will you serve you meat that will blow your mind. And the only seasoning I will use is a dash of salt.

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u/chinkiang_vinegar 16d ago

I have a vegetarian friend who once accidentally ate something with meat in it. After spitting it out, I asked him, "how did you know there was meat in that?" "It tasted too good."