• GargleBlaster@feddit.org
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      2 months ago

      One thing I always hear is that the rainforest is killed to make room for soy agriculture. And because vegans eat a lot of soy they kill the rainforest.

      That that soy is mainly used to feed animals for meat/dairy production is conveniently ignored.

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              2 months ago

              Honestly if I’m feeling a bit peckish and fancy a sneaky snack I’ll burn down a rainforest, grow a load of soy (…beans?), eat them, then find a gentle gorilla with eyes that reveal deep wisdom as it tearfully surveys the smouldering ruins of it’s ancient homeland and just punch the fucker in the face. If I’m feeling extra naughty I don’t even log it in my calorie counter.

        • Carnelian@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          Not vegan per se but I eat a block of tofu a day as well as another several servings of roasted edamame most days. Like 6-8 servings per day on average

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            2 months ago

            How does that compare to the average bovine?

            Edit: a quick search says 2-3 pounds of soy a day.

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            2 months ago

            Girl that is like so much soy 😭😭😭 you’re like the potato guy* I met but for soy

            *potato guy: decided to eat only potatoes for 6 weeks, slight amount of milk and salt being a treat on the weekends. He heard that potatoes had all essential nutrients. He gave up bc he became ill in that last week. Yes he’s heterosexual.

            • Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club
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              2 months ago

              You have to eat the skins, and you have to add butter made from the milk of grassfed cows. Only then does it offer enough nutrition to survive. It’s still not great for you.

            • Carnelian@lemmy.world
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              2 months ago

              Haha yeah it’s a lot, I aim for like 150g of protein every day for strength training. The block of tofu is like 50g and the edamame is like another 40 so it just makes every other meal way easier. I definitely wouldn’t recommend eating nothing but soy tho lol. I think regardless of what you pick you’d eventually get sick if you just ate one thing.

              The rest of my diet mainly consists of a lot of different bags of frozen veggies. Pretty much cycle through every type my store offers, usually pan fried, or soups in the colder months.

              Oatmeal and homemade bread, a few servings of fruit each day including frozen berries and dried fruit, and on the non vegan side I have eggs, cheese, and greek yogurt. Weekends I do more fresh veggie prep as well as have “fun” foods like ice cream or whatever.

              It works great for me, admittedly a lot of soy but I think that particular neuroticism of mine is actually quite tame in context; most bodybuilders pretty much do the same thing but w/ chicken breast or lean ground beef

        • infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net
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          2 months ago

          Vegan here, no not really. The energy industry (Primary driver of soy production) and animal ag industry (Largest consumer of soy by mass) just needed a scapegoat for the subsidies and overproduction.

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        2 months ago

        is conveniently ignored

        The answer to why so many animals suffer their entire life so they can be eaten afterwards.

  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    I doubt it’s that high. US grows a ridiculous amount of corn on perverse incentives, only 1.5% of it is edible. Most soy is not eaten, it’s processed for oils.