Lab grown meat

michael57

i only buy meat once a year for my discus fish dawnie does not trust me to buy hers lol

Jimm_Scope

I'm not going to say there aren't mistakes, but some amazing things have come from it.

We've been genetically modifying our food for centuries, millennia even. Just before it took decades and centuries to cause change it now takes only years. Which yes, definitely increases the risks. As an example, do you know cabbage, brussel sprouts, brocolli, cauliflower are all the same species of plant? Just some farmers selected and cross bred specific versions of it to get what we have today.

One example of some good that can come from it is the so called "Golden rice" (because it looks more yellowy/golden). It's been modified to produce and store more vitamin A as it grows. Vitamin A deficiency is a major issue in many developing countries. The deficiency is found to make you far more susceptible to infections, which are again far more likely in developing countries.

So there is hope that the Golden rice will be able to help combat vitamin A deficiency in these countries. There are amazing things that can be done, and while I agree caution is definitely needed I don't think the possibilities should be thrown away. Many of the medications we live off now was discovered through similar research. The medication I need to live now was possible through research on our antibodies and the genetics around them.

Sandy_123

Yes I know about the modifications, it's just me nature gave us everything we already need.

Jimm_Scope

I understand that philosophy, and there will always be people who want that, there's so many more organic options these days than there used to be as well

JessieJ

I eat meat, but man-made, no thanks! We do enough meddling with nature & get it wrong, @michael57 brought up (not a pun!!), one biggie, BSE! 'Scientists' decided it would be a good idea to feed animal by-products to herbivores, worked well that. So I'll stick to unprocessed foods, even that has been man-fiddled.

Just had a thought, we could become cannibals, grow our own meat, literally! Well, it has been reported that we taste like pork. 😆

Sandy_123

Lol @JessieJ I'll pass on that too.

michael57

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/913022#Comment_913022

apparently badger meat tastes rather sweet so said my late father in law but the only things that feast on them are maggots

Albus_Scope

I think I'd be ok with lab grown meat. I try not to eat too much meat as it is and don't touch lamb, very rarely eat pork. It's mostly free range chicken for me. Getting all the goodness and flavour of meat without any animals dying would be great.

If the scientists could make the delicious stuff bad fat free, that'd be an added bonus. 😆