Word: soybeanization
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...greatest harvest spectacle the world has ever seen is rushing toward its finish this week. Half a million thundering combines with dust devils spiraling like proud sentinels above their clattering jaws are cutting through 140 million acres of U.S. corn and soybean fields, night and day, lifting a golden bounty that will break every record in the books...
Fortunately, antidotes to this problem abound. Varying amounts of linoleic and linolenic acid are found in different kinds of cooking and salad oils -- among them corn, soybean, safflower and walnut oils. They are also present in seeds, nuts and green vegetables like broccoli. But don't look for polyunsaturated oils in processed grains, advises Siguel. Food manufacturers generally remove these spoilage-prone compounds from pasta, bread and breakfast cereal in order to lengthen the shelf life of their products. Thus, Siguel ventures, a slice of pizza made with soybean oil may be healthier than portions of some low-fat foods...
...maybe people shouldn't swill soybean-oil cocktails just because of the Boston University report. "Give me a break," exclaims Dr. William Castelli, director of the Framingham Heart Study in Massachusetts. "This was a very, very tiny study." The observation that heart-disease patients have low levels of essential fatty acids is interesting and deserves follow-up, but it hardly provides proof of cause and effect. In time, perhaps, a more convincing link will emerge...
Meanwhile, all those aging couch potatoes concerned about their heart might as well tune out the cacophony of opinions that results from incomplete knowledge and focus on a few unchanging verities. The reputations of margarine and soybean oil may rise and fall many times over. But butter is still bad. Fruits and vegetables are still good. And most scientists still agree that Americans eat too much fat of all kinds...
...back to General Sherman's Civil War march to the sea to recall anything comparable. Some 10,000 sq. mi. were under water, an area the size of Massachusetts and Rhode Island combined. Thirty-two people died and 40,000 were temporarily homeless. Thousands of acres of peanut, corn, soybean and other crops were destroyed, including Georgia's renowned peaches, which were almost ready for harvesting. Crop damage was expected to reach $100 million in Georgia alone. "I believe this was a 500-year flood," said Mayor B.K. Reynolds of Bainbridge, where National Guardsmen had hurriedly erected...