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In reply to the discussion: Rat feeding study suggests the Impossible Burger may not be safe to eat [View all]MineralMan
(151,281 posts)118. Well, some folks are angry with me about my opinion of
food that pretends to be other food. I'm not sure why, really.
For me, the thing is that all foods are worthwhile, if prepared appropriately for what they are. Whenever you try to make them look or taste like something else, though, you're sure to fail.
Oddly, some of those who reject my skepticism about highly processed foods like Impossible Burgers are also vehemently opposed to GMO foods. Again, that makes no sense, if you are defending foods concocted in some laboratory to pretend to be something they are not. That seems to me to be the epitome of contradiction.
But there it is, I guess...
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Rat feeding study suggests the Impossible Burger may not be safe to eat [View all]
womanofthehills
Sep 2022
OP
If you are into them, I would eat Beyond Burger instead of Impossible Burger
womanofthehills
Sep 2022
#99
The saccharine studies were built on an assumption of dose and time dependency
Model35mech
Sep 2022
#90
Yes, the initial studies didn't discriminate between acute and chronic effects
Model35mech
Sep 2022
#109
Good point. I recall the saccharin study overdosing. I believe i found the actual SLH study.
kysrsoze
Sep 2022
#12
That is a non-neutral comment designed for the yuck response. If I bite into a good burger...
Hekate
Sep 2022
#86
the GM website is funded by Friends of the Earth - I think Dems like Friends of the Earth
womanofthehills
Sep 2022
#64
You are sticking up for Johnson & Johnson who grew all the poppies for opioid pills
womanofthehills
Sep 2022
#110
"Overall, we rate GMWatch as a moderate conspiracy website and quackery-level pseudoscience
Hortensis
Sep 2022
#114
Soy is perfectly fine, unless you believe in junk science and disinformation
obamanut2012
Sep 2022
#51
I live in ranch country and love grass fed/grass finished burgers from local cows
womanofthehills
Sep 2022
#29
But are there long-terms studies that tell us that there are no risks with GMO foods?
Big Blue Marble
Sep 2022
#79
There's big difference between saying "I avoid them because I think there's risks
Hugh_Lebowski
Sep 2022
#85
Ya think! You probably don't like Friends of the Earth either as they support this site
womanofthehills
Sep 2022
#42
Maybe - because this is a discussion forum and there are millions of people injured by glyphosate
womanofthehills
Sep 2022
#46
maybe stop supporting companies whose executive bit a mans nose - stock 70% down too
womanofthehills
Sep 2022
#113
Load a rat up with 50x their usual intake of DHMO and they'll develop signs of toxicity too.
Lancero
Sep 2022
#95
"Overall, we rate GMWatch as a moderate conspiracy website and quackery-level pseudoscience
Hortensis
Sep 2022
#115