Gelatin to be Made From Humans.

theinformedvegan:

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Gelatin, derived from boiled bones, skin, and hooves of pigs and cows, may someday be made from humans.

Gelatin is found in most gummy candies and is one of the main ingredients in Jell-O. It is commonly used in cooking because it is flavorless and easily turns liquids into solids. Scientist have found a way to revolutionize the gelatin industry by cutting out the use of pigs and cows and instead using yeast and human genes.

Their new ingenious method involves inserting human genes that produce collagen into yeast and “tuning” them to produce gelatin with a controlled consistency. This method would not only be able to be produced commercially with relative ease, it would bring more control to the consistency of the food product. Human derived gelatin would also lower the risk of spreading mad cow disease.

I’m not totally sure why scientists are going to all the trouble to combine yeast and human genes when gelatin alternatives already exist. Agar-agar is one of the most popular alternatives used in cooking and in laboratories. Made from crushed seaweed, Agar is even fairly easy to find in most grocery stores.

If you don’t want to hassle with plant-based alternatives then human gene splicing might be your cup of tea, unless you are uncomfortable with eating another human’s genes. My only question though, who’s gonna donate their genes for the Jell-O?

Vegetarians Save Everyone Money.

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theinformedvegan:

vegetarians save your bacon

Two brilliant researchers decided they would look into the claims made by animal rights advocates about how realistic a vegetarian world could be. What they found may change the debate forever.

First, researchers wanted to know how much it actually costs to produce calories for human consumption. They looked at the production costs associated with various food products and found that vegan products were startlingly cheaper to produce. For example, 2000 calories of beef costs roughly $38 to produce whereas 2000 calories of soybeans costs just $2 from start to finish. The difference in cost at the register is all about how much people are willing to pay for meat and how much money is given to the industry in subsidies.

Next, the team looked at what an increase in global vegetarianism would do to the food market. They found that the more people in the world who go vegetarian the lower overall food costs would be for everyone. They site market statistics that prove a 1% increase in the number of people who eat vegetarian has historically led to a 1-3% decrease in meat costs across the board. If meat eaters ever want to see cheaper meat, they are going to have to start turning everyone else around them veg.

These are both claims that vegans have been making for years based on facts published from a host of other studies.  It’s nice to see some of the big pro-veg arguments substantiated in one place. 

Bookmark this one, send it to your friends, give it to your dad as some post-father’s day reading material, and pull it out next time a friend complains about how expensive their groceries are.

Save money, the planet, and yourself. Do it, it’s easy, tasty, and rewarding (you ass holes).

(via electro-wizard)

Source: theinformedvegan

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