In honor of National Colon Awareness Month, let’s talk about soy — soy as  an incomparable gas producer, as the very king of musical fruits.

Abdominal bloating, rumbling and flatus experienced by vegetarians and other heavy soyfood eaters make soy the butt of a great deal of...

This blog on how soybeans came to America is  inspired by one of my all-time favorite books Indian Trickster Tales by Richard Erdoes and Alphonse Ortiz.  The stories tell of the  trickster, Coyote, and how Coyote represents all things to native people: creator, bringer of...

The Naughty Nutritionist® gets more questions about edamame than just about anything else.  Some of those questions are outright silly, proving that when it comes to edamame,  some people just don’t know beans.  Time to change that!

Is there no end to the foods and other products that can get soy’led?   Probably not, and these days soy could be lurking anywhere and everywhere.   Although soy can seem like a “green alternative” to petroleum products, the soy-ling of America is bad news indeed for...

Did you know poultry poop doesn’t just make excellent fertilizer?    It can be cooked, dehydrated and sterilized into a valuable source of protein too.

As the work of researcher Nabil Said, PhD, Vice President of Nutrition and Extrusion  at Insta-Pro, has shown, it can be...

The Soyfoods Association of North America came out with some memorable suggestions last year for Valentine’s Day.    In fact they were so heart-stoppingly memorable,  I cannot resist sharing them once again!

The Soyfoods Association of North America suggests we serve lots...

Need a short summary of my book The Whole Soy Story?  Need the main dangers spelled out?   I wrote this article for the British magazine Caduceus  and it answers the most frequently asked questions.   For a more thorough discussion and more complete references,...

The  European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) last week rejected yet another soy health claim.

This time EFSA put the kibosh on claims that soy eases menopause and stops osteoporosis.   According to the online industry newsletter NutraIngredients, the European Natural Soyfoods...