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It’s also that in America food defaults to ultra processed and often hyper palatable. Fiber is perfectly tasty in an apple or berries, but it’s often unpleasant in ultra processed foods and it’s bulk that doesn’t add to flavor, which reduces the palatability.
I do think though that the obsession with protein and fear of plant fat is currently making the problem worse. Had people been focused on beans as a protein source we’d likely be getting increased fiber, but people think protein == animal products and some are even encouraging complete elimination of plant and fungus from one’s diet. I’ve even seen one of those people on lemmy claim that fiber is bad for you.
Don’t forget our fascination with peanut butter. It’s on my top 3 foods list, provided it’s pure peanuts without the gross Crisco. Technically that’s jarred legume paste.
They’re obsessed with protein and don’t realise fibre is more important.
I think the bigger problem is the number of people who have never consumed a properly cooked vegetable, and as such they think they hate vegetables.
Nuked in the microwave canned green beans and boiled Brussel sprouts don’t create vegetable eaters.
Canned green beans are disgusting. The frozen or fresh versions are like a completely different thing in both taste and texture.
It’s also that in America food defaults to ultra processed and often hyper palatable. Fiber is perfectly tasty in an apple or berries, but it’s often unpleasant in ultra processed foods and it’s bulk that doesn’t add to flavor, which reduces the palatability.
I do think though that the obsession with protein and fear of plant fat is currently making the problem worse. Had people been focused on beans as a protein source we’d likely be getting increased fiber, but people think protein == animal products and some are even encouraging complete elimination of plant and fungus from one’s diet. I’ve even seen one of those people on lemmy claim that fiber is bad for you.
Don’t forget our fascination with peanut butter. It’s on my top 3 foods list, provided it’s pure peanuts without the gross Crisco. Technically that’s jarred legume paste.
I didn’t realize peanuts were high fiber. I guess I don’t think of fiber as crunchy
No. You were talking about American failure re plant based protein.
Beans: Why not both?