My personal conspiracy theory is that the gluten free craze a couple years back, where they tried convincing everyone regardless of Celiac status to go gluten free for their “health,” was the meat and/or diary industry feeling threatened by seitan being a thing and trying to paint it as evil and nip any ideas of it being someone’s actual primary protein source in the bud.
Same with the “soy makes men grow boobs and become feminine” thing.
Can’t have people realizing that plants are also a source of protein and have been throughout human history. Gotta keep up the illusion that animals and protein are synonyms.
My personal conspiracy theory is that the gluten free craze a couple years back, where they tried convincing everyone regardless of Celiac status to go gluten free for their “health,” was the meat and/or diary industry feeling threatened by seitan being a thing and trying to paint it as evil and nip any ideas of it being someone’s actual primary protein source in the bud.
Same with the “soy makes men grow boobs and become feminine” thing.
Can’t have people realizing that plants are also a source of protein and have been throughout human history. Gotta keep up the illusion that animals and protein are synonyms.