SOYBEANS

I know that some people don't think soy beans are good for you. That's okay. I believe that they are gold! Here are some pictures of my own soy beans growing in my garden. The first picture shows the plants about 9 days after I planted them. They grow easy and fast.
These are now starting to flower and produce the bean pods. I can't wait to eat my raw green soybeans. Dr. Jau-Fei Chen is an immunologist and I have attended her seminars for about 6 years. She studies every food, herb and the like under the microscope and determines what foods enhances our immune system so that our bodies can heal themself of all kinds of diseases. She claims that there is no one "magic" food - but that VARIETY is the key. In the book, "Nutritional Immunology" pages 161-166, Dr. Jau-Fei Chen, Ph.D. states that "through evidence...eating soybeans is a sure way to give your body many of the vitamins it needs to keep your body functioning optimally. If more people would incorporate soybeans (the whole food) into their diets as their main source of protein, there would be a substantial drop in the rate of deaths caused by heart disease and cancer. Soybeans may actually contain a substance which aids in the CURE of diseases. There is a great deal of evidence that supports that the soybean is a great source of protein and contains essential vitamins without the saturated fat and cholesterol found in meats and dairy products. The soybean may in fact be the answer to living a healthier, longer life."

I used to buy frozen green soybeans at Sprouts or Trader Joe's. We eat them everyday - even putting them into our green drinks. But now - I want to eat my very own that I grow.

One day.....I may even be brave enough to tell you what she says about eating ROSES! Whoa.....that might be too brave of me. We'll see.