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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 1 points 7 months ago (3 children)

And it's a dense source of calories.

Plus, vitamin b12

[–] capital@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] ElcaineVolta@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago

people rally against supplements without even realizing they inject B12 into the cows, which is kind of insane.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I did some googling before I commented. It doesn't have a significant caloric advantage. Triple tofu, but far less than nuts, and only a bit better than beans.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

1 cup of beans can have a shit ton of salt increasing heart issues. Just be careful of how everything is prepared. No one source of food is a way to make a complete diet. For instance that 1 cup of beans can have more salt than 2 large fries from McDonald's.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

How is that an argument.

You could also put salt on beef as well, if people prepare food inappropriately that isn't an indictment of the food itself, just the preparation of said food.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Never said it was an argument. Many people buy canned beans because they don't want to spend hours rehydrating and cooking them. (This time can be cut down using a pressure cooker and a few other methods) That doesn't change the fact that canned beans come with the salt and carbs.

Also since you are comparing to beef, beef has more than twice the protein per serving as common black beans. (Calories will be much higher in beef as well due to fat content). Which is why I said what I said originally, watch what you consume and how it prepared. A higher carb diet is what made America overweight to begin with, thankfully neither of these options have sugar in their raw forms

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

Surely it only contains what was put into it though. If the cow eats food then it must have metabolized that food. Then you eat the cow.

So basically cows are an inefficient way to turn grass into calories. But since there are other plant foods we can actually eat that isn't much of an argument.