Some final thoughts on Soy

Soy- the Japanese thrive on their soy.  On the whole they appear a pretty healthy lot.  I've learned they process their soy in a beneficial way, a process they have been using for thousands of years.  I've learned that the way we process ours is completely different with the net effect that it is NOT good for our health. Then genetically modified soy comes upon the scene and changes the picture even more.  GM soy hasn't been adequately tested. The FDA has approved it for consumption seemingly without much information.  While they hold up the dissemination of new drugs for long periods of time while lengthy testing is done (and these drugs will be taken by far fewer people than the population that will ingest soy in its so many, many forms), genetically modified foods are given a comparatively quick greenlight.  When the scientific community is exhorting caution and saying that more studies are needed, Monsanto effectively says "prove it's not good for you," but doesn't make its seed available for testing.  The Biotech industry can destroy the career of scientists whose findings displease them, like Dr. Arpad Pusztai, who stated on British TV that he wouldn't eat genetically modified foods.  You can check it out at  http://www.psrast.org/pusztai.htm .  You make up your mind on whether you want to eat these foods.  I've already made up mine.