The idea that the Weston Price foundation is "a shill for the dairy and meat industries" is nonsense. The Price foundation only advocates organic raw milk and grass fed beef, in addition to a diet rich in fruit and vegetables. This, of course, makes them the enemy of the commercial beef and milk industries. The Price foundation's primary emphasis is on avoiding grains and sugar and refined foods in general. Dr. Weston Price traveled the world to find the healthiest people, and his findings indicated that those who followed a "traditional" diet were the healthiest. This mainly included people who subsisted on locally raised meat, dairy, and vegetables. He also found that these same people, when exposed to a "modern" diet of fast foods, processed foods, and grains, rapidly experienced many of the same health problems as are rampant in our western society. Speaking of evangelists, the soy industry is guilty of extensive misleading propaganda claiming that soy is a miracle health food. One of the big problems with soy is its high estrogen content, which is very bad for growing children, both male and female. If you want to know what the Weston Price foundation thinks of soy, I suggest you visit their site and read what they have to say. The literature is extensive and most of it is backed by solid scientific fact. I, for one, find it quite convincing.
http://www.westonaprice.org/ Del ----- Original Message ----- From: Dorothy Fitzpatrick To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:13 PM Subject: Re: CS>Grave's disease I was wondering *why* the Price foundation would want to spread adverse propaganda about soy. I cannot see that it would benefit them in any way because people who like meat etc., will never give it up for soy anyway. It must cost a lot to gather and publish all this information and unless there was a huge monetary gain (which I can't see) it would make you wonder why they bothered. Dr Mercola also says soy is not healthy in the unfermented or un-sprouted form, and I can't see that he would have an axe to grind, because *he* isn't involved in the meat industry. On the other hand, I can see that they soy industry would be *very* interested in discrediting something like the Price foundation or Mercola for that matter, as they would have a lot to lose wouldn't they? Anyway, as you say, it is good to have a look at all sides and then make an informed choice, based on your own conclusions. dee On 21 Aug 2009, at 19:29, Indi wrote: That's true, and also correlation is not causation. However, I believe my point (debunking the anti-soy propaganda of the Price foundation) was made, and that was my goal. I'm not out to evangelize, more like out to debunk evangelists. :) -- indi
