• sonofearth@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Eating beef (or any meat for that matter) isn’t harmful but “excessive consumption” of “industrially produced meat” is. And you shouldn’t cut out meat from your diet — our bodies need those nutrients.

  • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Why do people eat food they know isn’t good for their health? Why do people continue to buy products from companies that have proven to only sell bad products or engage in scumbag practices?

    They all have the same answer.

    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      It turns out in 1961 the American heart Association took bribery money from procter and gamble, who owned and sold “healthier Crisco” cooking oils that weren’t high in saturated fat, like beef and other cooking oils were.

      The AHA then claimed and pushed that saturated fats caused heart disease.

      Problem is, something like 88% of every study done in the past 60 years has found little to no link between heart disease and saturated fats.

      So beef, according to most studies, isn’t bad for you. The AHA was just crooked and on the take, being paid off to sell Crisco.

      Now it is calorie dense and people tend to eat too much of it, but that seems to be a lot of things. Don’t eat too much or you get fat. But apparently, you don’t have to worry about saturated fats being bad for you.

  • Pat_Riot@lemmy.today
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    2 months ago

    Oh, that’s an easy one to answer. It’s because it’s fucking delicious and easy to grow.

  • thesink05@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Not everyone has the time and resources to commit to every ‘good’ fight under the sun especially when the systemic problems are as deeply rooted in our society as they are.

    Which device did you post from? Did you vet it wasn’t made with slave labor? You might need to go recycle all your devices and unfortunately that will cut you off from getting your message out to the world.

    Your post does more harm to your cause than good because it just makes everyone angry at you.

  • thezeesystem@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The real question is, why should we try to not eat beef for the environment, when corporations make 90% of all pollution in the world.

    Maybe focus on the 90% of the problem and not the individual people who but meat?

    • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      No corporation pollutes except to produce goods or services for human consumption, or for other businesses that provide goods or services for human consumption.

      Every gallon of gas burned is to power a vehicle to move you, or the goods you purchase.

      Every natural gas line leads to a house, of a business that sells things to houses.

      Theres no such thing as a corporation without consumers, we are where the buck is created, and where the buck stops.

  • DBT@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Because it’s a damn good source of creatine and protein. And it tastes good.