Lab-produced meat: "Meet The New Meat"

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Honestly, the first time I heard this I was about to go "euuuhhh", but then, it's completely less gross than the traditional process of creating meat. I'm all for it.

Your thoughts?

 

I'm all for it. I mean half of the meat we eat anyways is contained with fake crap so why not.

 

^Basically This^. Meat these days is so packed with all sorts of cruddy preservatives and filler stuff. We might as well eat the artificial meat, it can't be any worse for you than the normal stuff.

 

It seems like there's some promise in this.

At first I was thinking "...eww....." but as I read I realized it makes sense... now if only I can get myself to try it without being partially grossed out.

 

I can't watch the video right now, but I've heard the basic concept before.

I think the biggest barrier will be psychosomatic. People will believe the meat is gross and dislike it. Personally I'm all for it. It is virtually identical to real meat, it is more efficient, eliminates the animal cruelty case. I really don't see much of downside on it. I'm sure there are plenty, but none that are readily apparent to me right now.

 

I really don't care either way. As long as the meat tastes the same and I can enjoy my burgers and tacos just fine, I'm fine with it

 

If it is as they claim, meat production that requires less resources, has less environmental impact, and is much more animal friendly (compared to mass factory farming), then there should be little reason to accept this new meat.

My only concern is price. The ones that control the meat market are big food corporations like McDonald's and Tyson. I'm not sure that they will make a move to this meat if it's not offered for less then what they currently pay, plus they already have something that works. Also, I don't think there is going to be much pressure from the community for them to move to this. Most people seem to be just fine with, or just don't care where their meat comes from.

Anyway, I am for this. It looks like a good alternative to traditional meat, but as vegetarian I won't be having any.

 

That's my question about this: Would vegetarians eat laboratory-produced meat since an animal wasn't killed to obtain it? I guess it depends on why one has decided to become a vegetarian.

 

I'm all for this, but there is one big issue. What if humans begin donating stem cells to this? Would it be acceptable to eat human meat even if no humans die in the process? Besides that though, I'd definitely go for this and I'm fairly sure a vegetarian friend of mine might eat this meat too provided it is proven that obtaining the stem cells doesn't require too much pain to the animal.

 

I'll admit- I think it is somewhat gross. But it is NOWHERE near as disgusting as the "natural" meat that we eat commonly. And we eat it a lot. I mean, KFC is putting fried chicken as bread. We need something less gross than the abuse that faces almost all cows, chickens, and pigs. Did you know that in almost all factory farms, if an animal gets ill, they let it die, and feed it to it's own species. Yeah. So I'm all for this. Go, lab meat!

 

Yes, people can choose to be a vegetarian for many reasons, like religion, environmental, animal rights, or health.

I'm in all of those categories, except religion. And I doubt meat will ever be healthy for you. If you're a vegetarian because of religious reasons, I guess it would depend on your reasoning regarding your faith whether or not you will eat this meat.

 

This is, indeed, an absolutely wonderful idea. It shall certainly settle the debates over the morality of animal consumption at this point whilst providing a rather safer and economical advantage to the general consumption of meat - a large amount of arable farmland is, if I am correct, unused and instead utilised for grazing animals which are then consumed. Availability of this aforementioned land for further crop growth shall contribute to the usage of such plants for other uses, foodstuffs included. This lab-grown meat would be, indeed, more safer in creation than some traditional meat. This settling of moral, geographical, sanitary, and economic concerns shall certainly send factors a step forward. The only downside is, certainly, the large cost associated with the growth of meat, and the psychological concern over being grown within a laboratory. But it certainly must be understood that this lab-grown meat is created as naturally as normal meat - through a general growth of muscular cells - with simply being in a different environment.

Though there are indeed vegetarian alternatives for the nutritious factors that are provided by meat, namely legumes and nuts, meat in itself is considered quite healthy when in set servings (as are all things), specifically with the factor of protein.

 

Meat is actually really important for your diet, you get protein and shit from it. Just like anything else it is unhealthy is large amounts.

Yeah, stole the words from my mouth. My sister is a vegetarian but eats Boga Burgers and fish time to time.

 

Protiens and important fats and such (yes, in a sense, you NEED to have fat) which are essential to our health.

 

And a series of micro-vitamins. Being vegetarian is surprisingly unhealthy if you don't know what you are doing.

 

Um, no thank you. I don't want your synthetic shіt. I want a cow.

 

It is cow. This isn't a substitution like tofu, your using cow cells to get cow meat. The difference is simply we only produce what we are going to use. Yes there are a few things to go with that, such as artificially stimulating the nerves for exercise and build the muscle since it doesn't have a brain to do that anymore, but it is real beef all the same..

 

"It is a common belief that protein is an important element in a sound diet, and that meat is high in protein. Both statements are true, but there are two other facts that are less well-known among people uneducated in nutrition. The first is that the average American eats much more protein than needed, and that this has severe health consequences. According to Dr. T. Colin Campbell, a professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University and former senior science advisor to the American Institute for Cancer Research, there is 'a strong correlation between dietary protein intake and cancer of the breast, prostate, pancreas, and colon.'

The second thing to know about protein is that plant protein is equally nutritious as animal protein, and in many ways, it is far superior to animal protein. Though it is true that foods such as eggs and human milk have a high "biological value" in terms of amino acid composition, this does not in any way imply that they are good foods for adult human consumption. Plant foods contain a broad range of essential amino acids. An editorial in the medical journal Lancet reports, 'Formerly, vegetable proteins were classified as second class, and regarded as inferior to first-class proteins of animal origin, but this distinction has now been generally discarded.'"
- The Truth about Protein and Calcium

I've been convinced for years that a diet without animal protein is far healthier than one with.
Although, not everyone's bodies are the same, so if you're serious about eating a nutritious diet, you should consult a physician.

I think this new meat will not be any less healthy than traditional meat. Especially with it eliminating factors such as E. coli if undercooked.

 

[color=6b28e]The problem comes when you have to pump in processed sugar, protein, and fat to keep it alive.[/color]

 

Who said anything about it being processed? Maybe they use only the kinds of sugars that are needed to keep it alive. Even if it is processed, is that any different from putting a person on life support to keep it alive?