Industrialized Farming

Industrialized farming is causing the world to use more oil and oil is already running out. China and India are consuming vast amounts of oil because they are industrializing fast. When the oil supply starts to run out it will climb in price and industrialized farming will decline. Industrialized farming also causes shortages of water. The United Nations is already predicting that in 2025 the war will be in a battle for water. Global warming is also playing a role in this because crops are being destroyed from climate changes. Storms are also getting stronger and droughts are getting worse. If the world keeps growing in population people are going to start dying more rapidly because of the shortage of food. The transportation of crops from around the world is also causing green house gases to pollute the air because of ships and planes. Between 1968-88 the world food trade increased 184 percent causing more admissions of green house gases because of packaging and shipping. One way to help with this problem is by reducing pesticides in the agriculture and going to a more organic agriculture. The government should design a sustainable food system. Finally the United Nations should find a way to transport crops using less green house gases and finding alternative fuel sources.

Soy and a healthy diet

Soy was once thought as being an extremely healthy food but new studies have proven otherwise. Theirs a hormone in soy that is like estrogen and this hormone can cause a higher risk of breast cancer. Studies in animals have shown that soy can alter sexual development. Phytic acid in soybeans can stop the absorption of some minerals in the body. Third world countries that consume soy have deficiencies in minerals. Some baby formulas are based with soy and this can cause an unhealthy deficiency in minerals. Soybeans also contain potent enzyme-inhibitors which block the absorption of protein. Reduced protein then can lead to the reduction of amino acids. Hemagglutinin is also found in soybeans and this causes red blood cells to stick together which is a problem for the heart. The clustered blood cells are bad at absorbing oxygen and this causes bad distribution of oxygen to the rest of the body. Hemagglutinin is also a "growth depressant". Some researchers studied the rate of puberty in hamsters and when they had isoflavones their rate was accelerated. Isoflavones is something that is found in soybeans. These results were about the same from other labs when tested on rats. When babies are allergic to milk they are feed soybean based formula. This results in the baby having large amounts of soybeans which is like giving them five birth control pills per day. I think that soybeans are bad for the economy because of the risks it has.