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I'm tired of the inequality (lemmy.world)
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[–] -3 points 3 years ago (8 children)

Except in most cases we can't. You may be able to, in which case, good job, but meat is much cheaper per quantity and quality of nutrients, not to mention people like me, whose only real source of dietary iron is meat.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Iron is just a mineral, where do you think the cows get it? Plenty of plants have iron. Meat is also typically a lot more expensive than rice and beans. Like you want to eat meat, that's cool, just stop acting like it's for your health when meat is literally a carcinogen.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Unless you're a hunter there's no way meat is cheaper, wtf are you talking about?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

    1kg of chicken breast meat costs me less than 5 USD and covers multiple days of meals. To get equivalent nutrients out of plants would cost me way more than that.

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  • [–] -3 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    wtf you can? Where I am chicken breast is USD $11.64 per kg!

    Compare that to beans. Where I live I can get a kg of dried pinto beans for $3.50, and with 67% as much protein per serving as chicken it would cost $5.25 to get the same amount of protein as a kg of chicken breast.

    What's the price of 1kg of dried beans where you live? That'd be a more apt comparison.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Depends a lot on brand and quality, but I'd guess the average is somewhat close to yours, at $3.00 US. Beans are a major source of protein for most people, where I live. Doesn't help me, though - I don't much mind the flavor, but they make me incredibly nauseous.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago

    Beans are just about the best source of plant protein, yeah. Grains and nuts have protein too, but nuts are definitely pricier and grains have pretty bad carb/protein ratios. If you can't eat beans for whatever reason it'd be a serious commitment to be vegan! No shame in that.

    As an aside, I actually have nothing against eating bugs like crickets and mealworms etc. It makes me a bad vegan but I don't really care about whether or not bugs have feelings lol

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