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==FAQ== | ==FAQ - Nutrition== | ||
===="Can I really get all my nutrients without animal products?"==== | |||
Yes - [[Nutrition/Examples/Cheap plant-based|see example]]. | |||
===="But I thought | ===="But I thought plant proteins were less digestible?"==== | ||
Not if they're [[make plant proteins digestible|cooked properly]] and you have healthy [[gut flora]]. | |||
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Not if they're [[ | |||
===="But aren't plant-based burgers really processed?"==== | ===="But aren't plant-based burgers really processed?"==== | ||
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==FAQ - Ecology== | |||
===="But I heard that grass-fed cows can be raised sustainably?"==== | ===="But I heard that grass-fed cows can be raised sustainably?"==== | ||
* '''Not''' if [[deforestation|forests are destroyed to make room for pasture]]. | * '''Not''' if [[deforestation|forests are destroyed to make room for pasture]]. | ||
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==FAQ - Animals== | |||
===="If everyone goes vegan, what would happen to the animals? What should farmers do with the animals?"==== | ===="If everyone goes vegan, what would happen to the animals? What should farmers do with the animals?"==== | ||
* Option 1: Keep them until they die of old age. {{x|Not very profitable, of course, but the right laws/incentives could overcome this.}} | * Option 1: Keep them until they die of old age. {{x|Not very profitable, of course, but the right laws/incentives could overcome this.}} | ||
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This FAQ section will probably get longer over time. At the end of the day, people can survive '''and thrive''' without animal products, and it can be done [[cheap plant-based food|cheaply]] or [[expensive plant-based food|expensively]] or anything in between. | This FAQ section will probably get longer over time. | ||
At the end of the day, people can survive '''and thrive''' without animal products, and it can be done [[cheap plant-based food|cheaply]] or [[expensive plant-based food|expensively]] or anything in between. | |||
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For questions, criticisms, or objections to plant-based diets, check out the [[/FAQ|FAQ]] page. | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[ | * [[Animal welfare]] | ||