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| fe34363 | American farmers produced 600 more calories per person per day in 2000 than they did in 1980. But some calories got cheaper than others: Since 1980, the price of sweeteners and added fats (most of them derived, respectively, from subsidized corn and subsidized soybeans), dropped 20 percent, while the price of fresh fruits and vegetables increased by 40 percent. | calories fats soy subsidies sweeteners soybeans corn farmers fruits-and-vegetables fresh vegetables fruit | Michael Pollan | |
| 364faf7 | "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." | safe-eating soybeans | Michael Pollan |