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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] The War on Soy: Why the 'Miracle Food' May Be a Health Risk and Environmental Nightmare
  • Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:10:13 -0700


That's a helpful link; I read it through. The only soy I touch is the soy
sauce that's fermented.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net


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On 11/22/2009 at 10:24 AM yarrow@sfo.com wrote:

>1. organically grown soy, which is the only kind that should be
>eaten, is not genetically engineered. Some megamfrs., such as Dean
>Foods, are quietly buying up small companies and switching from OG to
>GE soy (Silk soymilk now says "natural" instead of "organic"). The
>GE soy is the kind that is fed to livestock and is often in
>mass-market junky foods, so it's nonvegetarians who are eating almost
>all of it.
>
>2. A rational discussion of soy and its place as a human food is at
>http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2005nl/april/050400pusoy.htm
>
>Soy - Food, Wonder Drug, or Poison?
>by John McDougall
>
>(The conclusion: avoid all fake "foods" and limit soyfoods to the
>normal amount eaten in traditional soy-eating cultures, which is
>about 7-8 grams a day of soy protein.)
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