ot vegan

[sawmiller]

Good - don't really know anything about cardio rehab but perhaps they'll keep some Zoom sessions even after this to save on time and travel for some people - sounds like you're doing all that can be asked of you, fair play!

[KerrAvon]

Why meat substitutes? The whole idea is that we can live fine without it - or with it - just individual choice. Both choices can provide enough of what the body needs

I use some meat substitutes because I want to cut my meat consumption but I like meat.

I suppose it's a little analogous to smokers switching to vaping. Some smokers want to stop, but find it too hard and so settle on a half way house.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

I use some meat substitutes because I want to cut my meat consumption but I like meat.

I suppose it's a little analogous to smokers switching to vaping. Some smokers want to stop, but find it too hard and so settle on a half way house.

Seems a sensible approach, more sensible than just doing it to be “ on trend”

[ragingpup]

But the whole vegan thing has a selling point of being a better diet.

In this case obviously it isn’t

As we've established that in this case the salt is the same as the meat equivalent, what is making it comparatively more unhealthy than anything else? Or even unhealthy at all?

[harpo88]

Rehydrated Textured Soya Protein Concentrate (16%) (Water, Soya Protein, Wheat Protein, Salt, Soya Bean Oil, Natural Flavouring), Rusk (Wheat), Coconut Oil, Soya Protein Concentrate (4%), Chicory Root Fibre, Less than 2%: Stabiliser: Methylcellulose, Natural Flavourings, Yeast Extracts, Herbs, Spices, Spice Extracts, Flavourings, Colours: Beetroot, Safflower, Salt

The salt content is 1.5% which they don’t need to quantify on the packaging

Yum yum

Vegan maybe but healthy they aren’t

Plus there’s the environmental impact of growing all that soya

Still the Guardian Reading Lib Dem’s like them

That's what I was meaning about checking what's in em - they're basically carbs rather than protein. Linda Mccartney ones are the best nutritionally and you can get em a bit crispy on the outside too if that's your thing

[harpo88]

Also just a shout for some non-meat replacement stuff and more traditional English style vegan grub, order yourself some British-grown Carlin peas from Hodmedods, boil em up til they're softish like mushy peas, mix in some marge and salt and a load of vinegar and you've got Lancs-style Parched Peas, cracking in winter on a bit of toast

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Similar product but cheaper than the McCartney brand

Wheatfeed, Barley, Rape, Molasses, Maize, Vitamins and Minerals, Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Chloride, Binder E565, Magnesium Oxide.

Low salt and sugar content and a market leader

[frogmiller]

Also just a shout for some non-meat replacement stuff and more traditional English style vegan grub, order yourself some British-grown Carlin peas from Hodmedods, boil em up til they're softish like mushy peas, mix in some marge and salt and a load of vinegar and you've got Lancs-style Parched Peas, cracking in winter on a bit of toast

My boss reckons that he's vegan. the last person we employed was a woman who raises chicken for their eggs. My boss asked if the chickens were going to be eaten after their laying days are over. She said not so he buys a dozen eggs per week off her with the peice of mind that nothing is harmed in the process!

Quite strange!

[gm_gm]

My boss reckons that he's vegan. the last person we employed was a woman who raises chicken for their eggs. My boss asked if the chickens were going to be eaten after their laying days are over. She said not so he buys a dozen eggs per week off her with the peice of mind that nothing is harmed in the process!

Quite strange!

A vegan egg eater.

[frogmiller]

A vegan egg eater.

I struggle daily with his contradictions but he's never been wrong