Fake Chicken Worth Eating

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/opinion/sunday/finally-fake-chicken-worth-eating.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

by shivkapoor • 14 years ago

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boothead3• 14 years ago

Not a single mention here of the health implications of eating manufactured vs real food?

peteretep2• 14 years ago

This is your opportunity to educate us all then, bub. What are the health implications of eating manufactured vs real food?

Start with: What constitutes 'manufactured' vs 'real'. Draw a line in the sand here. Is pasta 'manufactured'? What about cornflakes? Quorn? What is the Quorn is labelled as 'Organic'? How about a hamburger made with steak mince? What about if it's steak and tendon mix? What about if bone meal is added? Where's the line?

Having established this, move on to well established science - peer-reviewed papers in reputable journals. We want to hear from your research on those health implications. Is a steak-meat burger more dangerous for you than one from bone meal due to red-meat carcinogen factors? Or is there something else at work there? What in the 'manufacture' of food is problematic? Mislabeling? Mechanical treatment? Additives (which?)?

Thanks in advance!

boothead3• 14 years ago

My point is that if the article is asserting that "fake chicken" is worth eating, some coverage of the heath implications of doing so would be warranted in my view.

I am merely commenting on the article and as such I don't feel the need to "educate us all". I most certainly have my opinions about these things, but I wouldn't start boring the world with them on HN. Besides, I have work to do for the rest of the week :-). If however I was writing an article for the NY times, I think I might have mentioned the health angle.

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