I dont like this and think it is not even true?

[Mortimer]

I dont like this, this is propaganda, Im not sure if it is true...

"If all people were vegan, less people would suffer hunger"

 

[mudwhistle]

I dont like this, this is propaganda, Im not sure if it is true...

"If all people were vegan, less people would suffer hunger"

"I believe in animal rights.....the right to garlic and butter" - Ted Nugent

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

I dont like this, this is propaganda, Im not sure if it is true...

"If all people were vegan, less people would suffer hunger"

That's a nice updated photo of you Mort

 

[Stryder50]

It's partially both (truth and propaganda).
While animal protein/meat(flesh) consumes more plant food to provide it's calories, this isn't the main reason for food shortage in parts of the world. That mostly is a matter of distribution and economics, with plant or animal foods not being a major factor.

Hence, while eliminating animal foods from diets produces more plant foods for human consumption, there is no guarantee that more humans will get more food. Also, there's the matter of nutrients being more dense/concentrated in some animal based foods and also some essential minerals and vitamins there as well.

 

[task0778]

A whole lot of people around the world are vegans but not by choice.

FWIW, hunger world-wide has been greatly reduced in the last several decades.

 

[Stryder50]

Plant-Based Doesn’t Always Mean Healthy​

You may want to reconsider a plant-based diet if your motivation is health.​

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But plant-based meats are often high in sodium, ultra-processed and not any healthier than the meat they imitate. Meanwhile, nearly half of the consumers think they are more nutritious. So if your resolution is related to health, you may want to reconsider switching to a plant-based diet.

The Impossible Burger, for example, is an impressive meat-free mix of soy, potato proteins, coconut and sunflower oils. It even bleeds like the real thing. At the same time its calorie count and saturated fat levels mirror a McDonald’s quarter-pounder, and it has six times more sodium.
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According to one recent study, the nutritional benefit of plant-based foods is minimal. Researchers from the Singapore Institute for Food and Biotechnology Innovation modelled the outcome of replacing bacon, chicken, beef burgers and ice cream with animal-free versions.

Diets that substituted animal products with the plant-based alternative were below the daily recommendations for vitamin B12, calcium, potassium, zinc and magnesium, and higher in sodium, sugar and saturated fat.

Even with added vitamins and minerals, these products are not nutritionally interchangeable, says Stephan van Vliet, a postdoctoral associate at the Duke Molecular Physiology Institute. “Meat made from plants isn’t meat made from cows and meat made from cows isn’t meat made from plants,” he says.

Animal sources like meat, milk and eggs are complete proteins, meaning they contain enough of the nine essential amino acids we must get from our diets every day. Plant-based foods like fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and grains often lack one or more of these amino acids and need to be eaten in combination.
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Plant-Based Doesnât Always Mean Healthy

You may want to reconsider a plant-based diet if your motivation is health.

getpocket.com

 

[westwall]

The reality is a plant based diet is bad for most humans. There are some with genetic issues who do better with a veggie diet, but they are the exception.

 

[braalian]

Let’s say it was true.

To what degree are we expected to alter our lives to the benefit of others?

and “if” is one of the stupidest words in the language.

If we all ate nothing but rice and vegetables, there’d probably be more food to go around (and we’d all be weak soy boys)

If we all donated 40% of our income to charities there’d probably be less inequality (we’d all be poor)

If we have more lockdowns we’ll probably reduce the spread of COVID (and the economy will crash)

If frogs had wings they wouldn’t bump their ass when they hopped.

We eat meat because it’s there, we can, and we want to. That’s reason enough.