Judge Gives Green Light to Soy Lawsuit

Dear Gloria Prater, I'm sorry to hear about your daughter but come on, she had to have a lot more going on than eating soy (which has been very safe and a 'god-send' to me for years)to put her through all that then eventually succumb. Sorry, soy can't be a scapegoat here!

It's great to see someone taking on the soy industry and I think that it is a great idea to start with a subject that is somewhat removed from major public ears so that the high paid lawyers of the soy industry aren't so worried about fight with all their might. If this wins then there will be precedent made so that other lawsuits will have a much easier time getting through. If it can be proved that feeding soy is cruel and unusual for prisoner then why would anyone want their kids eating it. this case is a great launching point.

I've noticed a few comments along these lines: why focus on inmates instead of children?

What counts is this: the chance of WAPF proving soy is bad for inmates is higher than proving soy is bad for children. It then follows that if soy is bad for inmates it's also bad for children. Prove one, win the other. It doesn't work the other way around.

Why?:
Were I on the board of WAPF I'd go for the prison as well. It's the context that counts. It's relatively easy to prove soy is the culprit in prisons compared to proving soy given in schools is bad for children.
You have to look at it from a scientific experiment sort of way: a prison is a highly controlled environment, a school is not. In prison environmental issues (toxins, light, water, hygiene, air quality etc), meals per day, just about every variable is the same for all inmates. You can compare data from before and after the introduction of soy, compare to other prisons. This you can prove in a court.
Now take a school: some children suffer, some don't. You could argue that some kids have problems and some don't. Some eat healthy at home, some don't. Some live in a healthy place, some don't. It's a lot harder to prove the negative effect of soy in an open environment.

I agree with another's comment about campaigning for the health of our children, rather than people who are being punished for breaking the law. Addressing what's wrong with incarceration today is for another forum.

Can't we keep the goals of WAPF clear and true? I can't think of a better way to put mainstream America off of the principals and ideals of WAPF and their recommendation of a traditional diet than hearing that you're fighting for better meals for convicted offenders! What about the welfare system, food stamp program, and WIC? Can't tell you how many baskets of processed food I checked out as a cashier on food stamp payday.

This is very disappointing to me. I do realize that a case like this gives publicity and visibility to the group, but why bring such controversy to a worthwhile organization such as WAPF?

Soy gave my daughter cancer and birth control pills spread it like wild fire. My daughter passed away on Oct. 30, 2011
She was fed soy infant formula, went into puberty early, menses stopped so put on birth control pill at a young age and she ended up with cancer. The cancer took her life and her unborn child this year. The tumors in her spine got so big they broke her back from the T6 -T11 and fractured her neck (c6). I hope and pray they win this case and set a precedent. And open the door to more lawsuit.

Candy, it doesn't matter if the soy is GMO or organic, it still is garbage that damages health.

I am all for suing the soy industry, etc. However, couldn't you start with SCHOOL lunches rather than with prison food? Or foods marketed toward children? Prison never has and never will produce ex-felons, regardless of what they are fed.

we need these inmates to leave prison with a good basis of health mentally and physically, so how is it not possible to deny them at least decent foods to function off of? They are not animals, and if they have acted against society, they are paying their debt by doing their time. This is just uncivilized and inhumane to limit dietary freedom.

depends on if the soy is GM soy. they know GM is not good like true plant soy.

A New York Times report, reprinted Saturday November 12, 2011 in the St. Petersburg Times, alleges "soy based diet" is "cruel and unusual

punishment," says inmate lawsuit. The Orlando Sentinel was first to report the lawsuit. Filed in Tallahasse in state court.

The Plaintiff is serving a life sentence, at Lake Correctional Institution, near Orlando.

Rarely do inmates touch a handle to: a refrigerartor - stove - microwave - pantry door. Inmates are dependant upon the benevolence of the State of Florida.

Any Department of Correction ought to provided food, clothing, medical care, etc. as implied by the statutory definition of "corrective custody."

Add education and vocational training. The law suit avers: Florida inmates are enduring unfarmiliar and stressful diets. Add possible toxticity.

This is bad news for poor inmates, and their family, whom try to fill the gap.
Sally Fallon Morell, of the Weston A. Price Foundation advocates a diet of

whole, largely unprocessed foods and food high in saturated fats.
The Foundation is publicizing the lawsuit on its website."It (soy based diets)

can have hormonal effects." Morell adds, "Excessive soy can be toxic to the thyroid gland."

Andrea Giancoli, a registered dietitian and spokesman for the American Dietetic Association says "plant protein is more healthful for us, and people who consume

a more plant based diet have better health outcomes."
She adds: "But just because it's cheaper is not a good reason to be against it."

Unfavorable reviews about the evolving use of soy based dietary products and their undesired consequence have been brought to the attention of N.O.B.L.E.

Inc., Florida before now. Diets vary by country...continent ...culture...ethnic group. Is it "cruel and unusual punishment to housed with convicted individuals

whom have not been corrected, and hungry?" For instance it was puzzling to learn in the 1960s that people of India were starving in the midst of cattle roaming

their streets. They viewed cattle to be sacred. Folk mistakenly think that Florida Department of Correction facilities are all prisons.

Florida State Prison in Starke, FL is "the Prison" for the State of Florida.
Prison is a place to punish, such as "the death penalty." Althouogh the Prison

is managed by the Florida Department of Corrections...corrective gains at the Prison...is inmate currency.

"Correction" is currency needed by an inmate to exchange for the rewards offered to transition into progressive corrective custody.

Those whom failing to demonstrate the expectations of corrective custody face the prospect of being relocated to the Prison.

Collectively the three branchs of state government are entrusted with the fiduciary responsibilities to form, make, and create "corrective custody."

Yet it is becoming evident that together they fail to understand the mechanics needed, and their roles to achieve the desired effects of the annual billions

taxpayer invest for improved public safety outcomes. Prison is for punishment. Correctional Institutions are for progressive "corrective custody."

Correctional Institutions were intended to be places where "Ex-felons" are produced. Not a place to maim, malign, and confuse.

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W.A. Dennis