Researchers have linked dietary data from over 55,000 individuals with data on the environmental impacts of the foods they eat. The team, from the Livestock, Environment and People (LEAP) project at the University of Oxford, found that the dietary impacts of vegans were around a third of those of high meat eaters. They also saw a 30% difference between high- and low-meat diets for most of the measures of environmental harm.
  • BruceTwarzen@kbin.social
    212·
    1 year ago

    My dad is old and fat and is out of breath when he gets into a car. He eats cheap sometimes spoiled meat 3 times a day, everything he cooks is somehow the greasiest food i have ever seen.
    I have a BMI of 21. I do an average of 18000 steps a day and mountain bike on the weekend.

    Somehow he’s embarrassed about my vegan diet and gives me tips on how to eat right and tells me that i’m godda die soon for the past 5 years.
    I have many friends like that. Bro, i need that protein. You are overweight and you don’t do any sports at all.
    I dunno, i find it very odd.

    • blazera@kbin.social
      63·
      1 year ago

      From what I’ve seen its often just genuine ignorance. Thinking plants are entirely carbs, needing protein for muscle so of course you only get protein from animal muscle, and that old myth of incomplete proteins. Ill be honest I had the same assumption that something like a potato is entirely carbs

    • dot20@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      Do you have any recipes you can share? I’m vegan, but I think I’m not eating a balanced diet

      • Nimrod@lemm.ee
        7·
        1 year ago

        Learn how to cook tofu.

        Try pressing it before cooking.

        Try freezing it before cooking.

        Try extra firm

        Try silken

        Try frying,

        Try baking,

        Try grilling.

        Not everyone likes it the same way. But the beauty of it is: there’s no “wrong way” to do it.

        Personally, I press the excess water out, rip it into chunks, little olive oil, little corn starch, and air fry it for 15 mins. Drown it in Buffalo sauce, wrap it up in a tortilla with lettuce tomato and pickle… my god.

      • BruceTwarzen@kbin.social
        3·
        1 year ago

        I like quorn a lot for everything that i used chicken for. There are different brands, it’s just the one i like the most. Some of it is vegetarian, some vegan as far as i know, but i have never seen the vegeterian ones. Beyond burgers are pretty good, there are a lot of different brands now, they vary in taste a bit. I really like beans a lot, especially red beans, and i usually just mix them in, but there are some great recipes around them, for me it’s more like a lazy meal and i like them enough.
        Chickpea i just blend with salt and pretty much whatever i feel like and use it as a spread. My favourite is chickpea, parsley, garlic, salt and olive oil. I also mix in olives or curry depending on what i feel like.
        I really like ratatouille, you can make an easy trowitallinapanandcook it version or the tedious more presentable one that is way worth making in my opinion.
        I’m not the biggest fan of tofu, because i’m not a fan of the consistency, but i sometimes throw it in a salad after i cooked it with some ginger.
        Fake chicken nuggets and fake fishsticks are really good, at least the one they sell over here, although, i don’t actually know how healthy they are.
        Pea soup is one of my favourite things and it’s also probably the easiest. For a base it’s just peas, shallots, garlic and broth. For some extra zing, i kick in a bunch of parsley olive oil and lemon juice.