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4.5
I had to put this book down and take a break every so many pages. I was horrified to learn how pervasive soy is in our food system considering how unaware of its presence and effects we are. I have been trying to limit my soybean oil consumption because of the 20 to 1 ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 in our "modern" American diet. The ratio should be 1 to 1. Who knew it might even be in a vitamin supplement and baby food? Until much too recently I have to admit that iI didn't know vegetable oil is made from soy not corn. Silly me, I didn't know soy was a vegetable. Did you? My eyes are wide open!Even if you don't believe everything stated because of the author's "bias", it's still an important read. I think the person who accused her of being biased is not familiar with Dr. Weston Price's work in nutrition. You can find his book on Amazon too. Another must read. Another reason she may have been accused of bias was that she didn't speak about other problem foods. She briefly mentioned peanuts, spinach and chocolate have a substance called oxalates that bind calcium absorption. But, other than that her focus is soy. She does mention that properly fermented soy is not harmful.Soy is a known allergen just as milk, and varied nuts and shell fish. My niece seems to have a itchy throat reaction to peanuts, so she doesn't eat them. Those allergic to peanuts tend to have soy allergies. I can warn her now, thank God. I think information is important no matter how painful it might be. And yes changing your diet is a paradigm shift. Who wants to give up soy sauce? I don't, but now I want proof that it is safe and how can you believe anything is safe if you don't even know what's in it or how it's made.Everything the media "experts" tell you is not true. It's advertising. Let the buyer beware!This book is heavily annotated. (which is good, you don't have to take her word for it). That to me, tells me she is confident the facts speak for themselves.However, the book, used a lot of technical terms which makes it hard for the lay person to read. It can get dry. That's why it only gets 4 stars. But it told me everything I didn't know I needed to know and didn't wanna know but have to know if you can follow that logic.
