Aloha from Hawaii, Thank you for the informative article on Soy. IMHO any single food taken to excess is always bad. <grin>
To introduce myself, I am Chinese and I lived most of my life in Hong Kong before moving to Hawaii in the mid 80s. There is a large Asian population (Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, etc..) in Hawaii and tofu has always been sold in all the supermarkets here for many years. Soy food (soy milk, tofu, soy bean sprouts, etc..) has been *part* of the Asian diets for many thousands of years. Most Asian meals (for those who can afford it) are usually well balanced and very nutritious. For Chinese vegetarians, only a small amount of soy food is eaten at meal time along with a variety of different veggies and large helpings of fruits. Variety is what makes a meal tasty, interesting and healthy. <grin> Among Asian countries (as in any less prosperous nation), ill health is more a factor of *financial lack* than simply bad eating habits or lopsided diets as it is in the affluent west. (I mean this in a general sense). What is bad about today's soy bean crops is that chemicals (pesticides ??) are now sprayed on them. The present method of processing soy beans (and other food crops) in America leaves much to be desired; and the present practise of putting soy proteins into nearly every processed food product is not healthy either. Also, many grain/bean products are being genetically engineered, and I believe soy beans might be one of them..?? There are also many other *unhealthy* practices regarding the food we buy and eat today. Most chickens are now injected with hormones and most cows are given antibiotics and hormones also. I suspect they are doing the same with pigs, turkeys, game hens, or any animals raised commercially for consumption..?? Most commercially raised veggies are chemically sprayed and nearly all fruits are sprayed and waxed before showing up on the supermarket shelves. Perhaps we should all start raising out own food..?? Should we start a CS community farm project..?? <huge smile> So, in our own best interest, soy food (as in any well planned meal) should only comprise a small (and useful) part of our diet and not be taken to extremes. The healthiest meals are still the ones we start making from scratch ourselves (without using any processed food if possible) and avoiding fast-food. Staying *balanced* has always been the best way to live a long, happy life - whether spiritually, mentally, emotionally or physically. IMHO, if we exercise discernment and restrain, very little can harm us. And of course, taking our daily doses of CS certainly keeps us healthier than most. <big smile> Please excuse my English as it is my second language and I do not know if the above conveys what I intend to say... ha, ha, ha. Have a great day! To our health, Helena ........................................ From: mardic...@aol.com Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 21:13:11 EST To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: CS>Soy Toxins part 1 of 2 >http://www.vegan-straight-edge.org.uk/soyfood.htm >>This web page presents some of the negative facts about soy products that are not generally heard by vegetarians due to control of the mass media and biased research funded or conducted by industrial concerns and reproduce at health food shops, or in nutritional texts....... <<snipped>>. >>You need to be aware that many scientific studies are loaded or are not indepth enough to give useful results. It is therefore easy in some cases to present data to support a variety of cases for soy, based on which research you pick....... <<snipped>>. >>The Billion Dollar Soy Industry >>Sales of soy foods increased 350 percent over the last decade to an estimated $1.4 billion last year, according to the Soyfoods Association of America. >>Supermarket News; Vol.46, No.11; March 11, 1996; p.51. <<snipped>> -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
