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Scientist breaks down Beyond and Impossible Burger

Beyond Meat and the Impossible Burger have taken the food industry by storm. Are they healthier options? I break down the Beyond and the Impossible Burgers and look at their health risks compared to a regular beef patty. Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2toMJ9u Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DrGilCarvalho/ My Twitter: https://twitter.com/NutritionMadeS3 References: Univ Michigan study: http://css.umich.edu/publication/beyond-meats-beyond-burger-life-cycle-assessment-detailed-comparison-between-plant-based Red meat & pollution: https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736%2818%2931788-4.pdf https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/116/46/23357.full.pdf red meat studies shown: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.035225 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969715001308 https://www.nature.com/articles/ejcn2014228 burger nutri info: impossible: https://faq.impossiblefoods.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018939274-What-are-the-nutrition-facts- beyond:https://www.beyondmeat.com/products/the-beyond-burger/ red meat: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/336867/nutrients (also Cronometer.com, used 70-90% lean range) BK whopper:https://company.bk.com/pdfs/nutrition.pdf coconut oil and serum cholesterol: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.043052 animal vs processed plant products and disease risks: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109717375216 black bean burger recipes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OMunBJ8egE https://www.markbittman.com/recipes-1/the-simplest-bean-burgers optional oil-free: https://holycowvegan.net/spicy-vegan-black-bean-burgers/ (extra natural option: use 100% whole wheat flour bun, or skip bun altogether) Beyond meat and the impossible burger blew up in 2019 The beyond stocks were beyond hot There’s a general idea that these imitation meats must be healthier since they’re made from plants but does that really pan out? even if you’ve been living under a rock you’ve heard of beyond meats and the impossible burger a study from the Univ of Michigan concluded the Beyond burger generates 90% less greenhouse gas emissions than beef, it requires less energy, less than 1% of the water and 93% less land this study was commissioned by beyond meats so we can take the numbers with a grain of salt but the 3rd reason people are excited about beyond meat and the impossible burger is the health angle we have lots of studies on beef, what about beyond meat and the impossible? So what all these blogs have been doing with the head to head comparison, beef vs imitation meats, is comparing nutrient composition are the imitations better or worse than beef? calories: the impossible and the beyond are around the same, about 250cals. Beef, 205-290 protein, 19g for the impossible, 20g for beyond. beef: 16 - 28g saturated fat 8g for the impossible, 6 for beyond, and about 6 for beef in the impossible they also added heme iron, leghemoglobin The beyond on the other hand doesn’t have any heme iron soy: impossible burger has it, the beyond doesn’t. background image credit: Vladimir Mokry @Unsplash Disclaimer: The Information in this video is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, nor to replace medical care. The information presented herein is accurate and conforms to the available scientific evidence to the best of the author's knowledge as of the time of posting. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions regarding any medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of information contained in Nutrition Made Simple!. #BeyondMeat #ImpossibleBurger Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Beyond Meat and the Impossible Burger have taken the food industry by storm. Are they healthier options? I break down the Beyond and the Impossible Burgers and look at their health risks compared to a regular beef patty.

Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2toMJ9u

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DrGilCarvalho/

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/NutritionMadeS3

References:
Univ Michigan study: http://css.umich.edu/publication/beyond-meats-beyond-burger-life-cycle-assessment-detailed-comparison-between-plant-based

Red meat & pollution:
https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736%2818%2931788-4.pdf
https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/116/46/23357.full.pdf

red meat studies shown:
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.035225
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969715001308
https://www.nature.com/articles/ejcn2014228

burger nutri info:
impossible: https://faq.impossiblefoods.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018939274-What-are-the-nutrition-facts-
beyond:https://www.beyondmeat.com/products/the-beyond-burger/
red meat: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/336867/nutrients (also Cronometer.com, used 70-90% lean range)
BK whopper:https://company.bk.com/pdfs/nutrition.pdf

coconut oil and serum cholesterol: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.043052

animal vs processed plant products and disease risks:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109717375216

black bean burger recipes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OMunBJ8egE
https://www.markbittman.com/recipes-1/the-simplest-bean-burgers
optional oil-free: https://holycowvegan.net/spicy-vegan-black-bean-burgers/
(extra natural option: use 100% whole wheat flour bun, or skip bun altogether)


Beyond meat and the impossible burger blew up in 2019
The beyond stocks were beyond hot
There’s a general idea that these imitation meats must be healthier since they’re made from plants
but does that really pan out?
even if you’ve been living under a rock you’ve heard of beyond meats and the impossible burger
a study from the Univ of Michigan concluded the Beyond burger generates 90% less greenhouse gas emissions than beef, it requires less energy, less than 1% of the water and 93% less land
this study was commissioned by beyond meats so we can take the numbers with a grain of salt
but the 3rd reason people are excited about beyond meat and the impossible burger is the health angle
we have lots of studies on beef, what about beyond meat and the impossible?
So what all these blogs have been doing with the head to head comparison, beef vs imitation meats, is comparing nutrient composition
are the imitations better or worse than beef?
calories: the impossible and the beyond are around the same, about 250cals. Beef, 205-290
protein, 19g for the impossible, 20g for beyond. beef: 16 - 28g
saturated fat 8g for the impossible, 6 for beyond, and about 6 for beef
in the impossible they also added heme iron, leghemoglobin
The beyond on the other hand doesn’t have any heme iron
soy: impossible burger has it, the beyond doesn’t.

background image credit: Vladimir Mokry @Unsplash


Disclaimer: The Information in this video is for informational purposes only and is not intended to be medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, nor to replace medical care. The information presented herein is accurate and conforms to the available scientific evidence to the best of the author's knowledge as of the time of posting. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions regarding any medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of information contained in Nutrition Made Simple!.

#BeyondMeat #ImpossibleBurger

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