The other thing that soy contributes to, of course, is hydrogenated oil. This is the main oil. This is the fast-food oil.

It's really important for your health, because you will never use as much salt and fat and sugar as a corporation will use cooking for you.

If you're not hungry enough to eat an apple, you're not hungry.

The soybean itself is a notably inauspicious staple food; it contains a whole assortment of "antinutrients" - compounds that actually block the body's absorption of vitamins and minerals, interfere with the hormonal system, and prevent the body from breaking down the proteins of the soy itself.

There's no sacrifice in eating well, there is no sacrifice in pleasure. To the contrary, the best-grown food is actually the tastiest.

...A one-pound box of prewashed lettuce contains 80 calories of food energy. According to Cornell ecologist David Pimentel, growing, chilling, washing, packaging, and transporting that box of organic salad to a plate on the East Coast takes more than 4,600 calories of fossil fuel energy, or 57 calories of fossil fuel for every calorie of food.

Eat slowly, with other people whenever possible, and always with pleasure.