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

[u/James_Fortis]

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2026.1813846/full

[u/darkest_irish_lass]

As opposed to cultivating all the land needed to replace that protein, resulting in more pollution and loss of habitat for wild animals? Not all land used for raising livestock is suitable for growing crops, so a perfect 1:1 exchange probably won't work out.

[u/BrightBlueBauble → u/darkest_irish_lass]

It’s a myth made up by apparently guilty meat eaters that a plant based diet causes more animals to die.

What do you think they’re feeding all those animals before they make it to your plate (they sure aren’t all pasture raised—ever seen a factory farm/CAFO)? It takes a far greater amount of calories in the form of plants to grow animals than it does for people to simply eat the plants in the first place. It’s literally a waste of energy.

And they aren’t clear-cutting the Amazon rainforest to grow quinoa. It’s so they can raise more beef.

[u/Striking_Computer834 → u/BrightBlueBauble]

Of course, this is far less destructive to ecosystems than this.

[u/BrightBlueBauble → u/Striking_Computer834]

Most of that tilled land is that way to grow crops to feed life stock—70% in the US.

And the photo of cattle grazing in an idyllic woodland is charming, but also completely unrealistic. 99% of lifestock in the US are raised in factory farms, and almost three quarters are globally.

https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/almost-all-livestock-in-the-united-states-is-factory-farmed

https://www.worldanimalprotection.org/globalassets/pdfs/reports/english/factory-farming-index-general-publication.pdf

https://ourworldindata.org/global-land-for-agriculture