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Americans love foods that can work miracles _ blueberries for the brain, salmon for the heart. But the reigning king of miraculous edibles must surely be the soybean.
This legume, long considered fit only for livestock feed, has won human converts as it has racked up an intriguing resume of possible therapeutic powers.
As research has accumulated, manufacturers have leapt into action, extruding and fermenting and otherwise manipulating this basically tasteless nugget into an ever more dazzling array of foodstuffs. Years ago they gave us cheese. And milk. "Hot dogs" and "bacon." Frozen dessert with whipped topping. Go ahead, name a food. From (miso) soup ...