{"id":58728,"date":"2009-11-17T00:04:18","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T05:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nourishedkitchen.com\/?p=2655"},"modified":"2009-11-17T00:04:18","modified_gmt":"2009-11-17T05:04:18","slug":"soy-illinois-prisons-tuskegee-of-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/58728","title":{"rendered":"Soy & Illinois Prisons: Tuskegee of the 21st Century"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Beginning in 2003, shortly after notorious former governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich took office, the Illinois prison system effected a change in the diet fed to their inmates.\u00a0 Hand-in-hand with agricultural giant Archers Daniel Midland – the illinois prison system converted the diet of prisoners to one with grossly high levels of soy – upwards of 100 grams a day (read more about the soy prison case<\/a>).\u00a0 Earlier this year, a group of sickened inmates filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the serving of soy as a primary protein source in Illinois prisons.\u00a0 Since that time, numerous sickened prisoners have come forward – some have even been subject to retaliation by prison staff for their action.<\/p>\n

The prisoners began to see the effects of the diet slowly, at first, but the results of the diet have grown ever more dramatic.\u00a0 First, the inmates suffered from gastrointestinal upset which progressed to extreme distress and eventually to serious health concerns including thyroid disease and other issues.\u00a0 The prison system’s response to the\u00a0 prevalent illness showed a complete disregard for the health of the inmates that were clearly suffering due to the toxic levels of soy protein isolate included in their food.\u00a0 Indeed, excessive consumption of soy isoflavones is linked to wide and varying health problems.\u00a0 The FDA lists well over 200 studies illustrating soy’s toxic effects on health; yet, despite these clear contraindications to a diet so high in soy, the prison system in Illinois continued to provide a diet in which many foods contained 60-70% soy protein isolate.<\/p>\n

The Weston A Price Foundation<\/a> – a not-for-profit organization devoted to the cause of nutrition and wellness – is championing the case of the Illinois prisoners.\u00a0 It is, in effect, the first battle ground as the State of Illinois has plans to institute similar soy-based diets into other public institutions – including public schools.\u00a0 Sally Fallon Morell, founder and current president of the organization, refers to the case as “the Tuskegee of the 21st<\/sup> century.”\u00a0 Indeed, the two cases share some striking similarities – namely the systematic exploitation of a marginalized population by government.<\/p>\n

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