FW: CAN SOYMILK BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH?

February 25, 2004

CAN SOYMILK BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH?

Dear Friends,

The answer is a resounding YES!

Be scared. Be very scared.

When considering soymilk, food expert

John Robbins, author of the bestselling

book, 'Diet For a New America' writes:

" I prefer the brands made with whole

soybeans, and avoid those made with

soy protein or soymilk powder. "

I highly recommend that you buy a copy of

Robbins book, 'Diet For a New America.'

Read some very powerful reviews:

http://www.notmilk.com/greatbooks.html

Robbins explains:

" Advances in food technology have made it

possible to isolate soy proteins, isoflavones,

and other substances found in the bean, and

add them to all kinds of foods where they've

never been before. "

Robbins is right about that. The process by which

soy proteins are extracted from the whole bean

often requires dangerous chemicals, and hazardous

substances can find their way into factory-produced

soymilk.

Soy-basher Sally Fallon agrees that processed soy

products are dangerous. She writes:

" Soy also contains a human carcinogen called

3-MCPD. The substance is created during the

manufacture of soy sauce and hydrolyzed

vegetable protein (HVP). It is also present

in soy sausages and other imitation foods. "

Foods made in factories that you end up putting into

your bodies as fuel sometimes contain added substances

that do not do your body any good. In the name of

health, some manufacturers intentionally add these

dangerous substances, and spend millions of dollars

to advertise their benefit. Call SILK and ask for a

list of their flavor enhancers, and you will be told

that their list is " proprietary. " See what I mean?

There ought to be a law!

Soymilk manufacturers who add hidden substances to their

soy products, and refuse to reveal their dirty secrets,

deserve your anger, and you should boycott their products.

Some soymilk manufacturers isolate soy proteins by

extracting the " goodness " with petro-chemical solvents.

How do SILK or VitaSoy or any other soymilk manufacturer

isolate their soy protein? They're not going to tell you.

Their process is " secret. " What a laugh. Look on their

cartons. The letters " DE " mean that their soymilk is

actually processed by dairy manufacturers using

dairy equipment. Who is in bed with whom?

Do methanol, ethanol, and formaldehyde do your body

any good? Do preservatives preserve health, or do

they merely preserve enormous profits gained by

manufacturers at the expense of your health?

Soymilk should NOT cost you more than $2 per quart as

it does in most supermarkets. Not when wholesale bean

buyers can purchase those soybeans that yield one

quart of soymilk for less than a penny.

The wholesale cost of one quart of cow's milk (the

price the farmer receives) is about 20 cents. That

dairyman has got to inject hormones and antibiotics.

He then medicates, feeds, milks, and shovels the

fertilizer from his cow. His job is labor-intensive.

The wholesale cost of soybeans that make one quart of

soymilk is about one-fiftieth of the cow's milk, yet,

both products sell for the same price. Who pays the

price of corporate greed? The consumer. You.

THE ALTERNATIVE

It is not practical to have a cow in your backyard.

Neither is it healthy. A soymilk machine fits easily

on your kitchen counter.

Make your own soymilk with soybeans and water, and

you control your product. Buy the factory-made version

and you end up drinking an unknown product containing

emulsifiers, preservatives, flavor enhancers, additives,

and artificial whiteners. Furthermore, much of the

beneficial fiber and protein is strained out of nature's

original goodness.

You can make your own, of course, and in a few months

you will end up paying for your soymilk machine by

the savings realized by not getting ripped off by

soymilk manufacturers. If the health issues do not

concern you, keep in mind who controls soymilk sales

and profits from the purchases of most soymilk

products. The dairy industry. They've invested in

SILK, the largest selling soymilk in America. Since

dairy interests control the supermarket aisle space

next to cow's milk, when you buy the soy, you support

the dairy guys.

February 26, 2004

What about rice milk? How safe is that?