Prisoners Getting Too Much Soy?
Inmates at the Danville Correctional Center in Illinois are being fed dangerously large amounts of soy , according to a lawsuit financed by the Weston A. Price Foundation , which advocates a soy-free diet , among other sometimes counterintuitive ideas. The foundation alleges that inmates are fed soy as a cost-saving measure by the Illinois Department of Corrections, and that they are consuming up to four times the recommended daily amount. The foundation’s president called the soy-based diet “the Tuskegee of the 21st century,” a reference to the syphilis experiments on African-Americans in the last century. That might not be mere hyperbole, depending on the inmate, and the amount of soy consumed. Lots of people are allergic or sensitive to soy. Too much of it can cause severe gastrointestinal distress, thyroid problems, or cardiovascular…
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