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+This page is about plant-based [[food]].
+==How== __NOTOC__
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+* '''[[Cheap plant-based food|The cheap way]]''', with low-cost ingredients and a [[multivitamin]].
+* '''[[Expensive plant-based food|The expensive way]]''', for those who insist on doing everything without supplements.
+Both options can give you '''all the nutrients you need''' ''without'' meat, dairy, eggs, fish or any other animal products.
+</big>
+==Why==
+* '''For the animals''' - because most farm animals are treated badly in [[factory farms]] {{light|(and unfortunately, the less-cruel kinds of animal farming are less scalable)}}.
+* '''For humanity and the planet''' - because if we want to end [[hunger]] and feed the world without [[deforestation]], [[livestock inefficiency|then]] people need to eat more plant-based (and/or stop [[food waste]]).
+==FAQ==
+====But I thought that plant-based diets lack nutrients?====
+They [[Nutrition/Examples/Cheap plant-based|don't have to]].
+====But I heard that grass-fed cows can be raised sustainably?====
+Not if [[deforestation|forests are destroyed to make room for pasture]].
+But maybe yes, '''if''' the cows are a part of [[rewilding grasslands]] as a form of nature conservation. Most beef & dairy does '''not''' come from this sort of farming. And ''even if'' every suitable land on Earth had this type of cattle farming, it still '''[[How much protein could ruminants produce without crops|would not even come close to producing enough protein]]''' for 8 billion people. The world needs crops, and it would be [[livestock inefficiency|far more efficient]] to turn the crops into food directly instead of feeding the crops to animals.
+====But don't cows eat the parts of crops that are too fibrous for humans to eat?====
+Cows are ruminants, so yes, they can convert fiber into protein. But [[mushrooms]] can do that more efficiently.
+P.S. Chickens & pigs are '''not''' ruminants. They eat the [[grain grades|same grains]] that could have been milled into flour.
+====But aren't imitation meats really processed?====
+* So are most real meats.
+* Plenty of plant-based diets don't involve imitation meats.
+* Yes, it's true that [[peas vs pea protein|actual peas have more nutrients]] than refined pea protein.
+* No, the "[[imitation meat fearmongering|weird-looking ingredients]]" in imitation meats are not harmful.
+----
+This FAQ section will probably get longer over time. At the end of the day, you 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.