How healthy is quorn and soy

Acey10

Hi,
Trying to reduce my meat consumption and have gotten some of these products. I did research on the net but there's a lot of scare mongering and horror stories mostly from America.
Any one have any sound advice or opinions on how healthy these are?
Thanks

jaykhunter

Acey10 wrote: »

Hi,
Trying to reduce my meat consumption and have gotten some of these products. I did research on the net but there's a lot of scare mongering and horror stories mostly from America.
Any one have any sound advice or opinions on how healthy these are?
Thanks

Having a look around, the main quibble from the US was that it's main constituent (mycoprotein) was not a mushroom, but a fungal protein, and had to be relabelled such. Also that it's highly processed in order to have it look and taste the way it does.

But looking at articles from the BBC and the Guardian it seems to be both very safe and good for you.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/quorn-good-you
https://theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/feb/12/quorn-revolution-rise-ultra-processed-fake-meat

Anecdotally, as an avid meat-eater but on a diet, I have gotten into quorn nuggets as they're delicious at a fraction of the calories.

Before the inevitable "what even IS healthy?" responses, I say yes, absolutely

Beersmith

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/food/2019/jan/27/the-trouble-with-fake-meat-beetroot-burgers-food-substitutes

Anything that is so processed can't be healthy in my books.

4068ac1elhodqr

Fine for ladies, but wouldn't touch the stuff.
The main quibble from the US was that:

"Soy is a phytoestrogen, or a plant based estrogen. It contains two isoflavones, genistein and daidzein, which act like estrogen (the female sex hormone) within the body".

https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/is-there-a-soy-milk-estrogen-connection#1
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/soybean-fertility-hormone-isoflavones-genistein/

farmerwife

I personally would stay far away from quorn. Like you, we were looking to cut down on our meat consumption so we tried quorn mince and 'chicken's chunks. Took me a few episodes to realise that it was making me progressively sicker each time I ate it: hot feeling in my stomach, quite rigid stomach, generally feeling sh*t and more scarily, a slight difficulty breathing that got worse each time. So I can assure you those stories from the US are not made up. It may have no effect on you but tread carefully.