Anything Goes

anything-goes

The Truth About Soy – Can it Cure Hot Flashes or Osteoporosis? Shhhlurp – the headline sucked me in.

Lifescript is a wonderful women’s health site, pink and smart with interesting articles on topics I care about. Debunking band-wagon nutrition trends happens to be hobby of mine, and when I saw the banner about soy, I knew I had to read more.

“Soy, by and large, has positive effects – more positive for some than others,” says nutrition researcher Thomas M. Badger, Ph.D. “But the effects aren’t large.”

Aha! No clear-cut proof about the miraculous health benefits of the little green bean. More nebulous conclusions and differing point-of-views concerning how I can best respect my body through food. I can only conclude: Anything goes!

Sometimes that’s how it is. Just as diet wisdom can be a free-for all, matters of the spirit don’t always come with conclusive evidence either. Find your own truths and cure what ails you with prayer.

READ MORE from the Lifescript article "Are Soy Products as Healthy as You Think?" By Diane Wedner.

- Susan Diamond

Susan Diamond is founder of Prayables.com and publisher of Personal Peace: Prayers for Women of All Faiths.

There is More

There is a pattern to sunlight
dancing soft shadows
across the morning trees.

There is an order, even to the current,
flowing towards tumbling waterfalls.

There is destiny based on choices,
and a calling to those who search.

There is more here than even a poet
can pen at dawn, and a philosopher
can surmise from the pages of time.

There is more, and for that I am thankful.