Plant-Based Meat Substitutes Put to the Test

Are meat substitutes healthy? What are the effects of plant-based meats on premature puberty, childhood obesity, and hip fracture risk?

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This is the fourth in a nine-video series on plant-based meats. If you missed the first three, see:
• The Environmental Impacts of Plant-Based Meat Substitutes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-environmental-impacts-of-plant-based-meat-substitutes)
• Are Beyond Meat and the Impossible Burger Healthful? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-beyond-meat-and-the-impossible-burger-healthy)
• Are Pea and Soy Protein Isolates Harmful? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-pea-and-soy-protein-isolates-harmful)

Stay tuned for:
• The Health Effects of Mycoprotein (Quorn) Products vs. BCAAs in Meat (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-health-effects-of-mycoprotein-quorn-products)
• What About the Heme in Impossible Burgers? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/what-about-the-heme-in-impossible-burgers)
• Does Heme Iron Cause Cancer? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-heme-iron-cause-cancer)
• Heme-Induced N-Nitroso Compounds and Fat Oxidation (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/heme-induced-n-nitroso-compounds-and-fat-oxidation)
• Is Heme the Reason Meat Is Carcinogenic? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-heme-the-reason-meat-is-carcinogenic)

If you don’t want to wait for all nine of the videos in this series to roll out on NutritionFacts.org, you can get them right now in a digital download (https://drgreger.org/collections/videos/products/plant-based-and-cultivated-meat-digital) from my webinar a few months ago.

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-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

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