Tofu is the winner. Scientist creates new holistic scoring system to measure the impact of food
Consumers are increasingly confronted with conflicting information surrounding how much protein they should have and which protein sources are healthiest, most sustainable, and best value for money. Cambridge research has uncovered the truth.
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Hell yeah! Vegan protein ftw
I thought tofu was mildly problematic on account of the water usage, compared to other vegetarian protein sources?
Any plant-based food is going to come out massively ahead compared to any animal product. Even their worst case production is still better than the best case animal product production
The person you replied to said this fyi
Insects might stand a chance, but this is just speculation. And only if (as you say) you pick bad/worst case productions like, I don't know, maybe almonds or avocados?
Grass fed beef is better in some ways than a crop where they apply fertilizers that run off and create algae blooms and nitrate pollutions, and where the strains of the soy in question are GE to take more pesticides.
Pesticides are killing a lot more than we think, a major, if not the major, factor in 90 percent of the insect life on earth disappearing over the last 3 decades.
Remember in the 90's? A summer drive at night would see so many bug splatters on your vehicle you might have to use the windshield washer fluid. Now? Only a few. Something is seriously wrong here.
The reason for the bugs disappearing is more multifaceted but generally you are correct in the short-term. Grass fed beef would still cause far more CO2 emissions, which causes more long-term harm.
Soy, of which tofu is made, is majorly problematic in pesticide usage. It's one of the crops most genetically engineered to take higher pesticides.
Then you have the deforestation of the amazon concerns as well, to plant soy and raise cattle primarily.
If I ever have to eat that shit you can just kill me first!
youd be surprised at the number of ways to cook tofu and make it delicious
Right? So easy to make it super tasty! And I'm no vegetarian either.
I could cook you a batch of dog shit stew and make it delicious if you want to go there!
I'm thinking someone might have served you literal turds and called it tofu because your reaction seems extreme for something that at worst can be described as a little bland if you're bad at cooking.
I just have a weird sense of taste. I won’t eat pizza if you put sausage or pepperoni on it.
Have eaten it, so I can confirm.
I can only hope it was on a bet and not voluntary!
How would you take a bet and involuntarily follow it through? Or was the bet supposed to be for the person cooking/feeding the tofu?
It's crazy that you have a problem with eating a bean concoction but not the body parts of a corpse.
We're the only species on Earth that eats tofu. Even eating beans is uncommon because raw beans can be toxic. On the other hand, lots of animals eat meat.
We also went to the moon... Not sure what point you're trying to make.