- There is no evidence that I could find
proving that plant foods are good for us.
(crickets chirping)
- Ugh, yeah,
a doctor really said that this month.
But we'll get into that.
But also in today's episode,
a popular Instagrammer takes shots at vegans,
Panda Express launches new vegan options,
a vegan athlete wins the world's toughest race,
we've got an amazing cute animal segment later on,
and there's a ton more in this jam-packed episode.
I'm Brock Lee, welcome to the World Vegan News,
strap yourself in
'cause we're going to the vegan stratosphere.
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In our first story,
an Instagrammer by the name of cookingwithangelica
made this video.
- That's a really solid question.
The answer is very deep, the answer is no.
- As well as posting that clip,
she also posted this caption calling vegans stupid.
"I've seen a few videos on vegans
trying to make 'pulled pork' and 'bacon'
out of banana peels.
Go ahead and Google 'monkey eating a banana'
and you'll see that most monkeys
are peeling the banana before eating it.
If monkeys are smart enough to figure this out,
we should be too."
She's trolling, right?
- What?
Bro, what are you talking about, man?
- She's gotta know that no vegans are making
banana pulled pork claiming that
it's the "perfect nutritional meal."
It's mostly just for fun to try something new.
But also if we are playing the "health game,"
banana peels are packed with polyphenols,
carotenoids, vitamin B6, tryptophan,
and all sorts of other antioxidants
that fight cancer-causing free radicals in your body.
So...
- You're so dumb.
You are really dumb.
For real.
- Next up, Swiss giant Nestle is planning
to seriously invest into the lab-grown meat market.
Nestle is actually the parent of a few vegan brands
such as Sweet Earth, which is found in Target,
and Garden Gourmet,
which offers the sensational burger in Europe.
The Swiss food giant is in talks with Israel-based,
cultured-meat startup Future Meat Technologies
to "explore the potential of cultured-meat components
that do not compromise on taste or sustainability."
Oof.
A lot of people hate Nestle already,
and if they become the lab-grown
meat monopoly overlords of the future,
it's not gonna be good.
- [Woman 1] Oh, no!
(loud farts)
- [Woman 2] Is everything okay in there?
- Now, it's become obvious that
money is the driving factor for lab-grown meat interest.
But in our next story, billionaire investor Jim Mellon
is certain that the future will be free from
the clutches of the meat and dairy industries.
He made three bold claims last week,
let's take a look.
- I've got three predictions,
One, is that in the next ten years,
the diary industry as we know it today
where cows produce milk will be gone.
It will be plant-based, alternative milks
or milks made by precision fermentation.
The second prediction is that also within ten years,
the meat industry will be half either plant-based foods
or foods derived from what's called cellular agriculture.
And the third is that within ten years again,
half of the world's fish will be produced in factories.
- Now, Jim Mellon has made his fortune
off of predicting future trends,
creating businesses in those fields,
and then selling them.
So, him making this prediction
was actually a pretty big deal.
He's heavily invested in a lab-grown meat company
called Agronomics,
and he's smelling the money
and will push hard to make this change go forward.
- Tell him to bring me my money.
(cheers)
- In our snack segment of this week...
- Snacks!
- A lot of you will be very happy to know that
Oreos launched another new flavor that is vegan.
It's called salted caramel brownie
and it's been rolling out all this month
and should be in almost all stores by August.
If you didn't know already,
almost all flavors of Oreos are accidentally vegan.
So, if you're hankering for some sweets,
they're one of the best ones.
(boos)
- But why you booing me?
I'm right!
- Next up, I can't believe I'm even covering this,
but in an interview posted this month,
Dr. Georgia Ede said plants
are not good for you.
- There's no evidence, that I could find,
proving that plant foods are good for us.
But if you're a healthy person,
do you need to eat plants?
And as far as I can tell, you don't.
- What? Come on, as a doctor,
you can't tell me you said that with a straight face
and didn't feel at least a little bit stupid.
- Will you shut your mouth?
Shut your mouth, shut your mouth.
- I'm sorry, what did you just say?
- You're just coming off stupid.
- Now, she said this in an interview
where she advocated for a keto diet
and later tells people a plant-based diet
is not good for health.
Now, what they didn't show
was this lady's drinking routine
before she goes and does her studies.
In our next story, this one's pretty awesome,
45 year old vegan ultra runner Harvey Lewis
just snagged first place
in this year's Badwater 135 race.
This is highly regarded as the world's toughest race
and it was popularized by David Goggins in 2018.
- I'm back, mother(bleeps)!
I'm back!
Your dehydration?
(bleeps) it.
Lick your mother(bleeps) lips.
- The start line of the race
is at Badwater Basin Death Valley,
which is at 85 meters before sea level,
and the finish line is at Whitney Portal,
which is the highest point
in the contiguous United States at 2530 meters
and he finished in just 25 hours and 50 minutes.
Lewis stopped eating meat in 1996
and he says, quote, "I drink no milk.
I live entirely on plant-based products
and I can run a 24-hour race hitting over 158 miles
and then run to school the very next day."
So, when it comes to all the doctors
and other goofy people on Instagram claiming that
vegans are getting undernourished by eating plants,
and we should all be keto,
I'd love to see how you'd perform
after eating a breakfast of bacon, butter, and eggs.
Oh, god,
your poor heart.
(laughs)
(wheezes)
Panda Express launched a vegan version
of its iconic orange chicken at test locations
in the greater New York City and Los Angeles areas.
The new Beyond the Original Orange Chicken
is made in partnership with Beyond Meat
and features a fully plant-based breading and vegan sauce.
- Yes!
- The executive director of culinary innovation,
Jimmy Wang, said,
"We co-developed Beyond the Original Orange Chicken
with Beyond Meat to capture
the irresistibly crunchy texture of our signature entree,
while still giving our guests a plant-based option
of the dish they know and love."
Now, in my opinion, this is pretty awesome news.
Along with them having removed chicken broth
from their chow mein to make it completely vegan in 2019,
Panda Express is moving in the right direction
because they do see that the winds are changing.
Now, if you remember in last week's episode,
I talked about Beyond Meat creating chicken nuggets.
Well, it looks like Impossible Meat is doing the same.
They're unveiling their new nugget
at Dock Foods Redistributor Food Expo this week
and hope to get into major restaurants
and also schools in the next few years.
This is just the beginning of major companies
having a vegan nugget war
and after so many decades of waiting,
we're now seeing the vegan marketplace explode.
So, patience has paid off.
- Tough time never lasts.
Only tough people lasts.
- And now, since so many of you enjoyed it last week,
here's another short segment
of Brock Lee's favorite animals.
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