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> No one eats fake meat to be healthier

I know people who do eat fake meat to be healthier

> I know people who do eat fake meat to be healthier

I know people that drink fruit juice (sugar) all the time thinking they'll get healthier but end up getting fat.

Point is? People are dumb. It's not the product's fault.

Yes, and articles that do their part to debunk misconceptions commonly-held by these "dumb" people aren't strawmen. Popular coverage of misconceptions is a big part of how alternative facts and superstitions lose their power. That's the whole point being made here.

They believe it's healthier because Beyond Meat actually claims it's healthier on their website and in marketing.

It is though. It doesn't cause cancer and it's not injected with antibiotics.

> It is though.

Do you have any data to support this claim? Does any of that data specifically compare the two?

> it's not injected with antibiotics.

You can buy meat that hasn't been

Yes but thats not the meat the article is comparing to is it.

I don't think that claim can be proven yet. It takes a bit for that research to come out to say it may or may not and this is a relatively new product.

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