“The impossible whopper has 44 mg of estrogen ”

[NB Adult]

 

 

 

A doctor recently broke down the facts behind Burger King’s vegan Impossible Burger, discovering that it may not be a healthier option when it comes to caloric or protein intake, and that it has a whopping 18 million times more estrogen than a standard Whopper.

Writing for TSLN.com, Dr. James Stangle explains the chemical process used to create Burger King’s Impossible Burger, and alludes to the possibility that the engineered vegetable burger may be less healthy than a regular Whopper.

Stangle starts by noting that the Impossible Burger clocks in at 630 calories “mostly from the added oils,” compared to the original Whopper’s 660.

“So, about 5% less calories, this is not a huge improvement,” wrote Stangle.

Stangle goes on to explain that the Impossible Burger’s protein, though seemingly only three grams lower than the regular Whopper, is not equal to animal protein:

The impossible whopper has 25 grams of protein. The whopper has 28 grams. Seems pretty equal, only 11% less protein in the impossible whopper. However, not all proteins are created equal. There are 20 amino acids. Nine of which are essential, meaning your body cannot make them so they are required in the diet. Each of those essential amino acids must meet a certain level to make a complete protein profile. If any essential amino acid does not hit the required amount, it is said to be rate limiting. As an analogy, picture nine chains connected in a line. All of the chains need to lift 100 pounds to carry the load. If one chain can only support 50 pounds, it doesn’t matter how much the others can support. The 50 pound chain is the rate limiting chain.

The doctor goes on to explain the process used to make the Impossible Burger have the look of meat, writing that the beef-like appearance of the vegetable-based burger is a product of genetic engineering.

According to Stangle, the red appearance of the vegetable patty comes from genetically splicing a soybean and yeast:

The bacterial enzyme that binds the nitrogen is damaged by the presence of oxygen so the bacterium makes the leghemoglobin to bind oxygen to keep it out of the way. To make enough leghemoglobin to add to the impossible whopper, scientists spliced the gene for leghemoglobin into yeast. They can grow the yeast easily and separate the leghemoglobin and add it to the impossible whopper. So the impossible whopper is technically a genetically modified organism (GMO).

Finally, the doctor explains the radically high amount of estrogen featured in each burger.

“The impossible whopper has 44 mg of estrogen and the whopper has 2.5 ng of estrogen,” wrote Stangle. “That means an impossible whopper has 18 million times as much estrogen as a regular whopper.”

He went on to compare the level of estrogen in the Impossible Burger to soy milk, writing that eating four of the vegetable burgers daily would result in a human male growing breasts:

Just six glasses of soy milk per day has enough estrogen to grow boobs on a male. That’s the equivalent of eating four impossible whoppers per day. You would have to eat 880 pounds of beef from an implanted steer to equal the amount of estrogen in one birth control pill.

In short, the Impossible Burger is a genetically modified organism filled with calorie-dense oils that can make a man grow breasts if eaten in sufficient quantity.

The standard Whopper, of course, is “a ¼ lb* of savory flame-grilled beef topped with juicy tomatoes, fresh lettuce, creamy mayonnaise, ketchup, crunchy pickles, and sliced white onions on a soft sesame seed bun,” according to Burger King.

[Jackie C.]

Works for me. I like breasts.

 

Hugs!

[Robin68]

It also is my understanding that the Impossible Burger supplies 49% of its calories in the form of fat. In general, I love the flavor of burgers but I avoid eating so much fat on a daily basis. I will look for my estrogen elsewhere.

 

Hugs,

Robin

[Carolyn Marie]

There is virtually nothing one can eat that doesn't come with some cost in the form of bad nutrition, unless one exists solely on non-processed vegetables and fruit.  Even then, eating too much of certain veggies and fruits can harm the body.  So the old mantra applies; everything in moderation.  I love a good hamburger, but I eat one just once every 3-4 weeks.  I love milk, but I drink only 6 ounces per day.  Anyone who would eat four Impossible Whoppers or four of any burgers per day deserves what they get, whether it be a set of boobs or a heart attack.

 

Carolyn Marie

[NB Adult]

Yes, made me instantly recall the horror stories of "The Heart Attack Grill."

[ToniTone]

It's phytoestrogen though, plant estrogen. It's a roughly similar chemical structure that is mostly just an estrogen by name. It's effects are disputed and studied, but not studied thoroughly enough. It's structure is similar enough to act on human estrogen receptors, but variant enough to not have equivalent efficacy of mammalian estrogen. 

 

That said, since I started transitioning, I've changed my diet to include a variety of estrogens, things like nuts, seeds, beans, soy, flax, sesame, various grains. And (coinciding with my old keto diet) generous amounts of vegetable oils, dairy and chicken. From what I've gathered these foods are rich in hormones and ligands to estrogen, and could benefit female nutrition and feminization. I think my diet has supplemented the hrt in my transition and all the growth I achieved in 9 months. 

 

~Toni