By Stephen Hudak
The Orlando Sentinel
LAKE CITY, Fla. — Lake Correctional Institution inmate Eric Harris has a beef with prison food.
Harris, 34, serving a life sentence at the Clermont state prison for sexual battery on a child, wants a judge to stop Florida from feeding inmates soy-laden entrees labeled “Southern BBQ,” “meat loaf” and “meaty macaroni,” which contain a heaping helping of a low-cost vegetable protein intended to imitate the taste of beef.
He claims in a lawsuit that the processed and blended soy foods have caused painful gastrointestinal cramping, threaten the health of his thyroid and immune system and constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
“These men are guinea pigs who are being fed high levels of soy,” said Kimberly Hartke, a spokeswoman for the Weston A. Price Foundation in Washington, which describes itself as a leading voice on the dangers of soy foods.
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