
There is a cool i phone app for avoiding toxic food ingredients. Plus, a food blog reader has asked that we spread the word about a sneaky ingredients change in a sprouted wheat bread.

Kimberly Hartke reviews a new book, The Hidden Dangers of Soy. Borne out of the near death experience of a woman who thought soy would do great things for her health, this book is a wake up call to others deceived by the aggressive health claims of the soy industry.

Concerned relative of an Illinois inmate documents the ill effects of the high soy diet fed to the prisoners. The diet is the subject of a lawsuit against the Illinois prison system.

Today, August 20, at 1:00pm for one half hour the Liberation Wellness Radio Show will be focusing on the Illinois Prison Soy Lawsuit, filed by the Weston A. Price Foundation. Sally Fallon Morell will be the guest of show host Kevin Brown. Please tune in over the internet.

Illinois inmates have requested a permanent injunction to halt the use of soy protein as a meat substitute in the Illinois prison system, claiming the diet violates the constitutional guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment.
The case is captioned Harris et al. v. Brown et al. and is pending before the Honorable Judge Harold Baker of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. The complaint names as defendants the State of Illinois, two administrative agencies, a private corporation that has a contract with the State to provide medical treatment to inmates, and 32 individuals who work for the State and the private corporation…

Maria van Heemstra explores the devasting impact of soy monocultures on the health, economy and culture of South American countries.

Dangers of Soy Explained! To see, read and hear about it in most mainstream and ‘alternative living’ media you’d think that the ubiquitous soy bean and its derivatives are the most versatile, natural, heart-friendly, health-improving, fat-preventing, growth-promoting and generally lovable foods ever grown on our good earth.
A simple, easily-cultivated bean which has been part of our diet since the dawn of civilization, promising health and vitality to the lactose-intolerant, the new-born, the aged, the menopausal, the frail, the athletic, the health conscious and just about everyone else as well…