I have just finished http://perfecthealthdiet.com/ http://perfecthealthdiet.com/ which is probably the most comprehensively research backed book (that's also ea

I have just finished http://perfecthealthdiet.com/ http://perfecthealthdiet.com/ which is probably the most comprehensively research backed book (that's also easy to read) on nutrition I've read. (I include the excellent Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes in that comparison). The PHD book lists soy as a toxin.. Based on everything that I've read, I have formed the opinion (which has changed somewhat over time) that it's better to eat naturally occurring foods, that saturated fat isn't harmful and that manufactured foods should be avoided. Now I could well be subject to confirmation bias: most things I read on nutrition nowadays tend to lean towards the paleo point of view. However, I'm confident enough in the balance of evidence that I'm now switching over the the type of diet outlined in PHD (not that I was that far away before). And yes I am implying that there's a health angle in contrasting eating meat with eating not meat. By definition they're different things so there must be implications in that... I certainly come down on the meat side, but I'd be interested to learn of evidence to the contrary too.