Dear lemmy, someone very close to my heart is starting to fall into conspiracy theories. It’s heartbreaking. Among other things, he has now told me that soy beans are not supposed to be consumed by human beings and is convinced that despite the literal centuries of human soy bean cultivation and consumption, we shouldn’t eat it or anything derived from it for this reason (ie tofu, soy sauce, etc…evidence that soy is present in other common foods doesn’t seem to register with him).
I don’t even know where he got this information from and can’t find a single source to back it up (even disingenuously). I’ve tried explaining to him that sure, in its original state it’s not edible, but undergoes processing (LIKE MANY OTHER FOODS) to become edible. And that this has gone on since at least the 11th century, so it’s not like Big Soy is trying to poison the little people.
He’s normally a very reasonable and intelligent person, and I don’t know how to reach him. I thought it might be helpful to show him where these myths have come from with hard data sources to prove it. He seems open to the possibility, so I don’t think he’s a lost cause yet!
Help?
Concern about use of soy bean or oil in highly processed food is as valid as any other. Not sure if it is soy issue or processing, there is something about tit.
However, claiming that tofu or soy sauce are some how big food conspiracy is just uneducated since people eating these food historically have better health vis-a-vis our country of land whales who are too dense to be educated on issues of food.
You got no time or money for your own health, checks out!
Is also an anti-asian racist dogwhistle
Let’s not forget that whole MSG conspiracy back in the day too. “Chinese food syndrome”… as if. Even the McDonald’s murderer’s wife later claimed MSG made him do it, in a lawsuit she filed and did not win.