Sunday, August 31, 2014

Food Religion

WHICH IS healthier? Soy or beef? Your answer will depend upon the food religion to which you subscribe.

I know, I know. It's obnoxious of me to refer to it thusly. I've annoyed everyone I've talked to about this subject, probably because no one wants to think of herself as believing in a 'food religion.' People say, Religion is based on belief. My nutritional choices are based on facts.
Wholesome plant nutrition or GMO phytoestrogen?


Ah, but. Most people make at least some effort to eat healthfully, and we all think our healthy eating choices are based on nutritional fact. And yet each of us chooses, often quite adamantly, to eat different things. One person says beef is artery-clogging, hormone-riddled and murderous, while soy is packed with wholesome plant protein. The other says soy is naught but an allergenic, GMO phytoestrogen, while land meat is the hearty fuel of our ancestors. Old reliable Science does not unequivocally discredit either point of view.