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Found some interesting information on soy and some other products common to processed foods: http://www.rmhiherbal.org/review/2000-4.html#mar Don't know yet how much of this information is accurate, need to review it further and check its sources, but at the very least it is highly thought provoking and seems to draw some of the same conclusions my intuition has led me to.
"The kahunas believed that by an action of mind a man adds to the amount of mana he has already created from food and air consumed, by quickening the extraction process. This theory is supported by our physiologists, who have found that when we digest our food it is not all used at once, but is changed to glycogen, or blood sugar, and oxidized with oxygen from the air we breathe to give us such amounts of force and strength as we may need for the work we happen to do. If this is true, and there seems no reason to question the findings, the low self, who attends to all such matters, can at any time begin to take in more air and cause more blood sugar to be burned to create more of that strange chemically-manufactured force we call mana."
"The Secret Science at Work" by Max Freedom Long, pg 74.
"The individual with a low normal charge-level of mana has almost always found that he can sense the addition of mana after taking on a surcharge. It adds to the sense of wellbeing, of physical strength, or will and determination, and it sharpens the mind, makes memorization faster and easier, and the senses more acute. The later feature is best noted in vision. The HRA test most favored is that of hanging up a color picture, looking at it before the taking on of a surcharge and then again after the surcharge has been accumulated. Vision becomes clearer, and more, it is surprising how much wider a field one becomes aware of at one time, and how much more detail stands out and how the colors strengthen. One HRA who worked long and wearisome hours on his job found that if, once or twice, morning and afternoon, he paused to take on a surcharge of mana, he was immediately strengthened and greatly refreshed.
All the evidence shows that the mana is, indeed, the life force, and that with it, the life is strong, while without it, it fades. This is not exclusively an HRA or Huna discovery. Medical men have long known that if the level of vital force falls too low, the middle self loses its power to control the low self, and the low self, lacking guidance, becomes erratic, then neurotic or psychotic symptoms appear. And, if the level is far enough down, the victim sinks into a state of morbidity and depression that may end in complete insanity."
"The Secret Science at Work" by Max Freedom Long, pg 82.
"The kahunas believed that by an action of mind a man adds to the amount of mana he has already created from food and air consumed, by quickening the extraction process. This theory is supported by our physiologists, who have found that when we digest our food it is not all used at once, but is changed to glycogen, or blood sugar, and oxidized with oxygen from the air we breathe to give us such amounts of force and strength as we may need for the work we happen to do. If this is true, and there seems no reason to question the findings, the low self, who attends to all such matters, can at any time begin to take in more air and cause more blood sugar to be burned to create more of that strange chemically-manufactured force we call mana."
"The Secret Science at Work" by Max Freedom Long, pg 74.
"The individual with a low normal charge-level of mana has almost always found that he can sense the addition of mana after taking on a surcharge. It adds to the sense of wellbeing, of physical strength, or will and determination, and it sharpens the mind, makes memorization faster and easier, and the senses more acute. The later feature is best noted in vision. The HRA test most favored is that of hanging up a color picture, looking at it before the taking on of a surcharge and then again after the surcharge has been accumulated. Vision becomes clearer, and more, it is surprising how much wider a field one becomes aware of at one time, and how much more detail stands out and how the colors strengthen. One HRA who worked long and wearisome hours on his job found that if, once or twice, morning and afternoon, he paused to take on a surcharge of mana, he was immediately strengthened and greatly refreshed.
All the evidence shows that the mana is, indeed, the life force, and that with it, the life is strong, while without it, it fades. This is not exclusively an HRA or Huna discovery. Medical men have long known that if the level of vital force falls too low, the middle self loses its power to control the low self, and the low self, lacking guidance, becomes erratic, then neurotic or psychotic symptoms appear. And, if the level is far enough down, the victim sinks into a state of morbidity and depression that may end in complete insanity."
"The Secret Science at Work" by Max Freedom Long, pg 82.
In defense:
Ex:
While black and green teas have been in traditional use for many centuries, their moderate caffeine content has been long known to be addictive.
Well duh. It has caffeine and caffeine is addictive, but that doesn't make tea BAD.
Later on they suggest to eliminate these products entirely, only mentioning that societies have used some of these for centuries. You'll have to kill me before I give up tea. Probably why I'm getting defensive in the first place but still. Though they do get kudos for mentioning Miso (yum), Tofu (*heart* fried tofu), and Natto (BLEGH!...god I hate natto. Potentially good for you, but still disgusting. Consistancy of LUMPY GLUE!)
Still, elimination isn't always the answer. And everything in life has a danger. A while back they discovered that things like bread or any baked carbohydrate (cakes, cookies, dumplings, crackers, cereal, rice, you name it) causes cancer. Sure, somethings are more dangerous than others, but that's why moderation is a good thing. A McD's hamburger once in a while isn't going to hurt a damn thing even though they are pretty harmful as a binge diet.
Either way, my point in all this is moderation is the key. It is good to go to more natural substances, but processing isn't inheritantly evil either. Processing usually creates more volume, more volume means more mouths get fed.
Re: In defense:
Unless that thing is me, or the mind of anyone stuck watching me stagger around barely able to think for the next n hours while my blood pressure tries to find the basement.
Re: In defense:
Yes, moderation makes sense to a degree, but part of the problem is that it is very difficult to moderate some things in this culture. Ri, for example, tries to moderate his soy intake since it is more directly harmful to him than to most, but it still shows up in so many foods that it's hard to eliminate it totally, especially when eating out. Processed foods have a LOT of additives, more than are even on the ingredients lists because they don't have to list ingredients "generally recognized as safe". Of course, the method of getting on the list of generally safe foods is rather like asking the tobacco company to provide research proving cigarettes are safe, and not doing independent study unless a significant number of complains are filed. Which often aren't filed, since it's damned hard to trace back a problem to an ingredient which you don't know is present because it's not listed.
There's also the question of buildup... if a certain ingredient is in a dozen or more different processed foods you eat, even if you only eat each of them once in a while, that substance is accumulating much more than you might realize. This is much more of a problem with processed foods with additives and preservatives than it is with more traditionally made foods.
Also, I'd question the idea that processing creates more food... stretching out nutrients by adding preservatives and other nonfood substances may indeed create more volume, but volume isn't everything. The overall nutrients get diluted. Take that far enough, and you can have people overweight but undernourished, a situation not uncommon in the modern world. If more mouths are fed, but all those who are fed get less nutrition, there's still a problem it's just been obscured.
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