The meat industry has been actively working to discredit vegan diets through a variety of strategies, as evidenced by several reports…
    • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works
      121·
      2 months ago

      Not sure who downvotes this, the meat industry is right up there with the oil and gas industry in terms of comic book level villainy. Like I get that people still rely on these products, but the industry is not your friend.

  • streetfestival@lemmy.caEnglish
    201·
    2 months ago

    Eg, “Soyboy”, or fear-mongering that phytoestrogens like in soy may increase risk of estrogen-linked cancers but somehow the estrogen in (pregnant) cow’s milk is not worth mentioning. In reality, there’s evidence implicating cow’s milk in the development of breast cancer* and both processed meat and red meat are recognized as carcinogens by the WHO

    *https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4524299/

  • Mango@lemmy.world
    161·
    2 months ago

    Tbh that doesn’t sound like a lot at their scale. If they’re broke, they should just say so.

    • BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca
      31·
      2 months ago

      It’s because they are insecure, they can’t handle if people start eating less meat.