interesting that the feminism category is rated 6/10 when the review is basically that it is typical of the sexism in manga of the 90s, and only the female character is the protagonist ... and all the women are portrayed with the same "sexy body". Maybe it's just that it's a 6/10 relative to the other sexist manga?
sure, but there's more or less unethical consumption - I think it's good to be aware that as a single consumer your impact is minimal (read: irrelevant), but participating in collective action like a boycott can and does drive change
to that end, engage with those collective actions and don't fret too much about "ethical consumption" - this is just one tool among many (i.e. not eating Oreos isn't about being ethical or a good person, it's about participating in a coordinated boycott and achieving certain political ends)
Maybe this is sorta dumb, but meditation is a free way to feel good and spend time, and also a free method of stress relief and to reduce suffering.
It's not free in terms of your time & energy, and it might cost some money to learn, but the best meditation manual I know of is free online, or at least it used to be - it looks like it was locked down on archive.org (where it used to be freely available), but you can still find it on Anna's Archive, and you can probably find it at your local library. Either way, you can learn to meditate for free, that's how I did it.
Running is likewise relatively free (you do generally have to pay for running shoes, and athletic clothing can be expensive, but it's relatively cheap over the lifetime of those items, and it's cheaper than most other activities). A great and accessible way to feel good and stay healthy.
The reason they refine the protein is not for health reasons or to avoid sugars, the reason is that the carbs in the mung beans cause the resultant mix to cook into a consistency more like pancakes than eggs. The protein isolated from mung beans (i.e. without the carbs), however, behaves a lot more like chicken eggs would naturally - it scrambles nicely and has a texture and quality like eggs.
So the reason to buy Just Egg instead of mung dal is mostly because it actually has a texture like eggs. (I'm not sure there is anything inherently wrong with isolating the protein from mung dal, when we make seitan that's what we're doing with wheat after all - "processed" is usually meaningless as to what we should think about it.)
If you're flexible with your concept of eggs and are willing to eat that pancake texture, then mung dal works great - I still like to use it on occasion, esp. for a scrambled egg substitute for a breakfast (so I might do mung bean pancakes with hash browns and vegan sausage, for example).
The main reasons for me is that mung dal is shelf stable and much cheaper than Just Egg (and chicken eggs). I find it at Indian groceries, but you can also buy it online.
Realistically because Just Egg is a protein isolate and doesn't have the carbs in mung beans. They don't have the same texture, essentially. But I do think more people should know about using mung dal in addition to Just Egg, as it is much cheaper and works in a lot of use-cases where you would otherwise use Just Egg. I actually switched to mung dal for a while because it's so convenient to have a shelf-stable Just Egg, I didn't have to worry about planning my use, I could make vegan eggs more spontaneously that way.
True, the texture is not eggy. But you can make mung dal taste pretty eggy overall, and the convenience & price of mung dal makes it worth it in some contexts.
I soak split mung beans with the husks removed and then use a blender to blend them well. It's basically like a pancake / carby version of Just Egg. Add black salt for the sulphur, and I like to add some other things for flavor like nutritional yeast, garlic powder, asafoetida, a little turmeric, etc. and it's not half bad, esp. for omelettes, quiches, and other cases like that.
interesting that the feminism category is rated 6/10 when the review is basically that it is typical of the sexism in manga of the 90s, and only the female character is the protagonist ... and all the women are portrayed with the same "sexy body". Maybe it's just that it's a 6/10 relative to the other sexist manga?