Very dumb soy question :)

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Hi, all. Another newcomer trying to wade through all the info on soy, soil

fertility, water filters, etc... Good stuff...just a little

overwhelming to a newbie who hasn't even read all of NT yet.

I'm in the midst of writing an article for our co-op newsletter on broiler

poultry production practices and wanted to include a very brief synopsis of

why soy feed is not good - apart from the non-GMO issue. Any online

references would be appreciated. BTW, in researching this article, I found

reference to the FDA approving the addition of formaldehyde in chicken feed

to reduce certain pathogenic bacteria - specifically salmonella. Sure, the

formaldehyde is in minute quantities per ton of feed, but formaldehyde?

Blech. That was in 1996, maybe it's been repealed since then?

http://www.fda.gov/cvm/index/updates/forma.html

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>>Poor soil quality does not create the phytic acid, trypsin inhibitors,

mineral phytates, estrogenic compounds, the particular essential fatty acid

balance or the particular amino acid balance that soybeans naturally have.

Those issues are there no matter what. It is those things (to varying

degrees depending on how the soy is treated) that may make it detrimental as

a feed ingredient

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--- In @y..., " Food From Afar " <foodfromafar@c...>

wrote:

>

> I'm in the midst of writing an article for our co-op newsletter on

broiler

> poultry production practices and wanted to include a very brief

synopsis of

> why soy feed is not good - apart from the non-GMO issue. Any online

> references would be appreciated.

The biggest site is:

http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/

The main Weston Price website has a few good articles as well:

http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/soy_alert.html

hth, and welcome to the list!