beyond meat seems to be taking the world by storm more and more restaurants are
adding beyond meat to their menu and their stock continues to climb but I'm
here to tell you that beyond meat is an alternative to be and how it might be
negatively impacting your health in this video I'm going to tell you everything
that is wrong with beyond meat hey guys welcome back to my channel if you're new
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first thing that is wrong with beyond meat is that it is not healthy and it
actually contains several harmful ingredients the ingredients include
water pea protein expeller pressed canola oil refined coconut oil rice
protein natural flavor cocoa butter mung bean protein methylcellulose potato
starch apple extract pomegranate extract salt potassium chloride vinegar lemon
juice concentrate sunflower lecithin and beetroot juice extract for color for
anyone who's counting that is 20 ingredients and there are a few red
flags that jump out at me immediately let's start at the top of the list with
pea protein the beyond meat burger markets itself by saying there are 20
grams of protein in every patty first off pea protein is not a complete
protein source this means it does not contain all essential amino acids which
all animal protein does and I assume this is why these burgers also contain
mung bean protein and rice protein to fill in the gaps
now before we hit on pea protein too much it is actually one of the most easily
digestible plant sources of pro tene on paper at least the protein
digestibility corrected amino acids for or pdcaas is a method of evaluating the
quality of a protein based on humans ability to digest it one is the highest
score and this is where you'll find eggs milk whey protein and even soy but soy
has its own set of issues that we're not going to get into today chicken has a
score of 0.9 5 beef has a score of 0.92 and pea protein concentrate is 0.89
which I mean yeah that's that's pretty good again on paper but even though the
PDC AAAS score accounts for digestibility it does not account for
amino acids that are lost in the ileum which is a section of your colon and
this matters because this is where most anti nutrient absorption takes place
peas are high in antony treants such as lectins and phytates so are we really
getting the amino acids that are in key protein it's hard to know but even
beyond protein where is the nutrition heme iron b12 selenium zinc CLA these
are all in beef but not in beyond meat my other concern with pea protein is the
processing it has to go through hexane is often used to separate the protein
implants from the oil and fiber and what is hexane you might be asking and why
does it matter I like how this plant-based website veg frequently asked
questions comm puts it in a nutshell hexane is a solvent used in the
extraction process to isolate the protein however not all of the hexane
can be removed hexane is a chemical neurotoxin that's a fact
the debate is around how much of it does there need to be to cause harm
short answer we don't know yet based on current safety limits protein powders
should be pretty safe but if you want to be cautious and avoid it that's
completely understandable hexane is a chemical
neurotoxin it is a byproduct of petroleum the EPA has this to say about
the side effects of hexane inhalation exposure of humans to high levels of
hexane causes mild central nervous system effects including dizziness
giddiness slight nausea and headache chronic exposure to hexane in the air is
associated with polyneuropathy in humans with numbness in the extremities
muscular weakness blurred vision headaches and fatigue observed moving
along the next red flag ingredient is canola oil now if you've watched my
video on vegetable oil I'll link it above you will already know how I feel
about canola oil which is considered a vegetable oil but basically the type of
oil that canola oil is is very delicate it oxidizes very easily when exposed to
heat light and oxygen consuming oxidized oils leads to oxidative stress in the
body this plays a major part in the development of chronic and degenerative
illness such as cancer autoimmune disorders aging cataract arthritis and
cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases yes this canola oil says that
it's expeller pressed which would mean it wouldn't be exposed to much heat
during processing but I am 99.9% sure that this burger is going to be exposed
to some heat before cooking nobody's eating this raw on top of that heating
canola oil also leads to trans fat being created in one study the trans fat
content in canola oil was between 0.5 6% in 4.2 percent of the total fat and then
let's talk about natural flavors this is such a vague term I have no idea how
this is all allowed to be on nutrition labels when we hear the word natural we
assume that it's actually natural and not chemically created however since the
FDA hasn't a fish really defined natural it can be used to
describe almost any type of food here's a description of what natural flavor
really means natural flavors are complex mixtures created by specially trained
food chemists known as flavors in addition to their original flavor source
these mixtures can contain more than 100 different chemicals including
preservatives solvents and other substances these are defined as
incidental additives however food manufacturers aren't required to
disclose whether these additives come from natural or synthetic sources as
long as the original flavoring source comes from a plant or animal material it
is classified as a natural flavor so what exactly is the natural flavor in
beyond beef it is anybody's guess the next thing that I think is wrong with
beyond meat burgers is that they are highly
processed this sort of ties in with my first point but let's start off by
taking a look at what the process actually is to extract protein from peas
it's a pretty extensive process but even zooming way way out look at how many
ingredients there are all of these components need to come from different
places be processed differently and then they all come together to be processed
to create this burger there's an Instagram infographic I think biohacking
chick created it where she shows where each ingredient came from in the world
to create the beyond me burger I can't find it right now if I can I'll put it
up on the screen but I mean yeah that really just puts it into perspective
there's a really good article on medium.com
called is food tech the future of food I'll link to it down below if you wanna
check it out afterwards basically it talks about how we're innovating and
creating all these new processes and foods but are they even safe to consume
let alone sustainable any changes to jeans can have unintended impacts on an
organism species or ecosystem that's why safety studies are so important
while there are suggestive assessments and radio
it's being proposed for the USDA they are riddled with loopholes that would
allow many gene edited foods to slip through the cracks the World Health
Organization states that it is not possible to make blanket safety
statements about GMOs they must be decided on a case-by-case basis without
such studies we are operating largely in the dark and making major decisions
about our food system companies introducing these new GMOs to the market
are essentially self regulated and are asking consumers to blindly trust them
we are the first population eating these types of food food if you can even call
it that and we have no idea what the ramifications will be on the other hand
we evolved eating meat and there is no study proving that meat causes any
disease on top of that meat to be raised sustainably promoting people vote with
their dollar and choose ethically raised meat is a simpler and more effective
solution well beyond meat stock seems to be doing increasingly well I ultimately
don't think that people want to be eating these fake meat no matter how
much they are pushed down our throats I was in Canada in the summer where I'm
from and I saw a clear example of this at Tim Hortons last year they introduced
the beyond to me burger and I could not believe the amount of advertising money
they put into this after you crave satisfying mouth watering
plants plants plants yeah try tim horton's new 100% plant-based
beyond meat breakfast sausage you're welcome
billboards everywhere TV ads on all the time so I was actually a bit surprised
when they announced in September they were pulling it from all of their stores
except for in Ontario and BC and then what happened next in January they
pulled it from Ontario and BC as well I think this just goes to show that the
product isn't what the market wants yes when we're online plant-based advocates
are everywhere and they're loud but does that actually translate to the real
world I don't think so anyways guys thank you for watching let me know your
thoughts on the beyond meat burger in the comment section down below do you
think this craze is here to stay or will it die down let me know down below
remember to give this video a thumbs up and I will see you next time I guess