I’m glad that the candidate for my district, Nathan Tabor, claims an interest in women’s health:

You may not realize it, but eight women around the world have died after taking the abortion drug RU-486. …While eight fatalities may sound like a low death count, the toll could climb significantly. More than 800 women have experienced potentially life-threatening complications after using RU-486. This is not a miracle drug. This is a lethal drug. It kills a baby and has the potential of killing his or her mother.

Perhaps Nathan, as a vice-president in his family business, would like to address the serious health risks that come from use of his product, Revival Soy — health risks which include infertility and breast cancer in women.  (Granted, perhaps most women who use Revival Soy probably will not get breast cancer, but "the toll could climb significantly".  Such "potentially life-threatening complications" after using Revival Soy leads me to conclude that "this is not a miracle drug").

Or perhaps Nathan would care to respond to this testimonial from a woman who used the Tabor family product:

Revival’s claims sounded like a wonderful answer to my exact symptoms-and, I believed, healthy and harmless. I have always been conscious of my diet and have enjoyed tofu occasionally as a substitute for meat. So the idea of a supplement made of soy seemed ideal, as I had the impression that it was a very healthy food product. Their product gives a very concentrated amount of soy in a single serving, which they say is necessary to achieve positive results. I had never heard anything about the negative side. I can’t stress enough how wrong I was in believing the advertising hype.

…..So in August 2001, I decided to try Revival after reading all their information on their website. As they recommended, I drank one shake a day. Usually for breakfast mixed with water or skim milk, fruit or yogurt. This worked well for me, as I tend to need an energy boost in the morning.

….As the month went by, my energy level seemed to decline rapidly and I was losing more and more hair every day. I also noticed that my body hair appeared to stop growing altogether. I became increasingly fatigued, spacey, moody and some days just felt unable to get out of bed. My body temp was at times below 97 degrees, so I constantly felt cold. In a matter of two weeks I gained about 6 pounds without increasing my food intake. It was if my entire system was rapidly declining. I had times where I would sit and stare, unable to get up to do anything. At times, I was so fatigued, I felt like I was dying. I could see my scalp in places where I normally had very thick hair. It was coming out by the handfuls in the shower every day.

….Led by the stories others told about thyroid-like symptoms related to soy products, I began searching for information about harmful effects of soy and as you can guess, I have found a lot of information- and I feel that it is necessary for this information to be shared. I am amazed at how many people could be harmed while the industry just keeps pushing soy as a wonder food. ….After about six weeks from quitting the soy shakes, my energy gradually started to return. Each day I had more hours of time in which I could get some normal tasks done, which is important as I have a young child and work full time outside the home. My mind began to clear, and though I’m still losing some hair and have developed very weak fingernails, I can see new hair growth starting. It took several months to get the soy out of my system, and now five months later, I am feeling almost normal, though my left ear still rings and I have pain in one shoulder joint. I contacted the Revival company and pushed them to refund my money, which after some protest they did. I also wrote to the owner of the company and personally told him what happened to me. Maybe if more cases are recognized, they will reconsider their claims and see that for some this can be extremely harmful. Or at least provide a warning on their product.

To paraphrase Nathan: "It is unconscionable that sales of RU-486 Revival Soy are allowed to continue in this country. If Tylenol put out a tablet that killed women led to breast cancer, thyroid conditions and infertility, the media would be demanding that the company immediately take the product of the shelves."

Right, Nathan?  Right?

Nathan, my point is simply this:  Every health product — whether it be Tylenol or RU-486 — carries with it a certain modicum of risk. 

Even YOUR product (which sneaks in the back door as a "health product") cannot be possibly be without potential health risks.  Of course, because Revival’s claims lie behind a veil of soy industry-funded research, we can never know for sure.  So I’ll tell you what — until the day that Revival Soy is put through the same rigorous testing as RU-486, and comes through with a 100% no-risk endorsement from the medical community and the FDA, then I’ll take your "concern for women’s health" seriously.