351: “Processed” is a Useless, Empty Descriptor of Food. By Dr. Karthik Sekar at AfterMeatBook.com.
Release Date: 08/29/2022
1235: Why You Should Be Eating Flaxseeds Every Day by Charlotte Pointing at VegNews.com
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Why You Should Be Eating Flaxseeds Every Day Packed with omega-3, protein, and fiber, flaxseeds are a great addition to many dishes. Listen to today’s episode written by Charlotte Pointing at VegNews.com #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #plantbaseddiet #flax #flaxseeds #omega3 ========================== Original post: Related Episodes: Use search feature at ======================== Launched in 2000, VegNews is the largest vegan media brand in the world. They have a best-selling plant-based magazine, and they create amazing content from food and fashion to travel,...
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1234: How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Food Additives by Dr Michael Greger at NutritionFacts.org
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How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Food Additives Why can’t we just look at ingredients lists on food labels and avoid food additives that we know are harmful? Listen to today’s episode written by Dr Michael Greger at @NutritionFacts.org #vegan #plantbased #Plantbasednutrition #upf’s #food additives #ultra processed foods ===================== Original post: New Documentary (Free): How Not To Die ====================== Dr. Michael Greger is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and...
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1233: The Quiet Acceleration Toward a Plant-Powered Planet by Steven Disla at NutritionStudies.org
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The Quiet Acceleration Toward a Plant-Powered Planet “Social change often feels glacial, incremental, fragile, and at risk of slipping backward. History shows that transformation rarely moves in a straight line. Instead, it unfolds in waves, from slow adoption to steady accumulation, and then, suddenly, acceleration. Small shifts compound until they push entire systems past a tipping point. Today, as we confront converging ecological and social crises, the question is no longer whether change is possible, but when it will begin to cascade.” Written by Steve Disla at the T Colin Campbell...
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1232: ‘Navigating in Guts’: a Former Worker Exposes Conditions Inside Slaughterhouse by Jessica Scott-Reid at SentientMedia.org
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‘Navigating in Guts’: a Former Worker Exposes Conditions Inside Slaughterhouse The whistleblower has posted footage from inside a JBS pork plant, showing broken equipment and a near-impossible working environment. Listen to today’s episode written by Jessica Scott-Reid at Sentient. #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #rendering #slaughterhouse #slaughterhouseworker ========================== Original Post: David Olmos Herrara: ========================= Related Episodes: SEARCH: Use search feature at ====================== Sentient Media...
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1231: Rethinking Easter: Choosing Lentils Instead Of Lamb by Dr. Shireen Kassam at PlantBasedHealthProfessionals.com
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Rethinking Easter: Choosing Lentils Instead Of Lamb Easter is a time of celebration, family gatherings, and feasting. Traditionally, roast lamb has been the centrepiece of many Easter meals, symbolising renewal and sacrifice. However, as we become more aware of the health, environmental, and ethical implications of our dietary choices, it’s worth considering a delicious and nutritious alternative: lentils. These tiny, nutrient-packed legumes offer a delicious, sustainable, and compassionate alternative to lamb, aligning with modern values of health-consciousness and environmental...
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5 Lies We’re Told As Children About Animals
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5 Lies We’re Told As Children About Animals “When we’re little, we’re taught to love animals – we sleep with stuffed cows, watch movies about brave pigs and loyal dogs, and cry when the baby deer loses their mother. But somewhere along the way, we’re also taught something else: to look away. To silence that compassionate voice within us. Here are five of the biggest lies we’re told as children about animals, and how they shape the way we see the world.” Written by Elle Flemming at VeganFTA.com #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #infantindoctrination #humanehoax...
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1229: The Best Milk Alternative: Oat vs. Soy Milk by Kristine Dennis at NutritionFacts.org
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The Best Milk Alternative: Oat vs. Soy Milk They’re both great options and MUCH healthier and more ethical than animal milk, but can oat milk’s nutritional profile compete with soy milk’s? Listen to today’s episode written by Kristine Dennis at @NutritionFacts.org #vegan #plantbased #Plantbasednutrition #plantmilk #oatmilk #soymilk #dairy #cowmilk ===================== Original post: New Documentary (Free): How Not To Die ====================== Dr. Michael Greger is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition,...
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1228: Vegan Joy: Joy Is Revolutionary by Vasile Stanescu at Substack.com/@winforanimals
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Vegan Joy: Joy Is Revolutionary “As I tell my students on the first day of my animal studies class: “Drop this class. Trust me, drop this class. You do not want to know what I know. I do not want to know what I know; no one wants to know what I know.” So how, then, can I talk about vegan joy? Because vegan joy is how we win.” Hear more in today’s episode written by Vasile Stanescu at Substack.com/@winforanimals #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #veganism #veganjoy #animalliberation ========================== Original post: ================= Vasile Stanescu is an...
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1227: The Doctor Who Prescribes Food: How Dr. Neal Barnard is Changing Medicine by Charlotte Pointing at VegNews.com
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The Doctor Who Prescribes Food: How Dr. Neal Barnard is Changing Medicine For decades, Neal Barnard, MD has been transforming medicine with food—and using plant-based nutrition to prevent and reverse chronic disease. Listen to today’s episode written by Charlotte Pointing at VegNews.com #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #plantbaseddiet #plantbaseddoc #plantbasednutrition #reversediabetes #PCRM #nealbarnard ========================== Original post: Related Episodes: Use search feature at ======================== Launched in 2000, VegNews is the largest vegan media...
info_outlineKarthik Sekar, Ph.D, says, “I've seen some profoundly twisted takes on alternative foods and how "processed" they are. In this article, I clarify some confusion, explain the chemistry and biology behind food digestion, and argue why "processed" is a meaningless food descriptor.
If we genuinely want tasty, affordable, healthy, kinder, and more sustainable food, we should use the better metrics and concepts already out there.”
Original Post: https://karthiksekar.com/
Related Episodes:
171: Technical Outrage: Innovating to Reduce Animal Use
170 Fermentation for Alternative Protein Production
327: Shifting to a Better World
Karthik’s Interviews on other Podcasts:
Karthik Sekar, Ph.D is the author of After Meat: The Case for an Amazing Meat-Free World.
He is a trained scientist and engineer. He finished his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of North Carolina, his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University, and a postdoctoral position in Systems Biology at ETH Zurich. He currently works on the front lines of the alternative food industry in the San Francisco Bay Area. Please visit www.aftermeatbook.com to learn more.
“The movement away from animal-based foods is already proceeding with tremendous momentum,” says Karthik Sekar, Ph.D. and author of AFTER MEAT (November 16, 2021). According to Dr. Sekar, Burger King and McDonalds have both introduced veggie burgers sourced from well-known, next-generation vegan food companies, Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, and the publication, The Economist, declared 2019 to be the “Year of the Vegan”.
AFTER MEAT explores the technological reasons for moving away from animal products. “Animals are awful technology,” says Dr. Sekar, who supports his opinion by examining how inefficient it is to use cows, for example, to produce steaks, leather, and milk. According to Dr. Sekar, it takes more than a year to grow food to feed animals, and we “waste” more than ninety percent of what we feed the animal to reach the desired result, due to the fundamental physics of cow biology. These are irretrievably terrible metrics. We can do much better with alternative technology such as microbial fermentation, which will also be easier to innovate for taste, nutrition, and other qualities we care about. And all indications are that the future of food will ultimately be tastier, healthier, cheaper, kinder, and better for the environment. This will happen because we won’t use animal products.
100% of the proceeds of AFTER MEAT will be donated to the following charities: The Good Food Institute; Animal Charity Evaluator’s Recommended Charity Fund; Effective Altruism’s Animal Welfare Fund; and Faunalytics.
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