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Tofu

immovablestone Posts: 151 Joined: 2005/01/19	2005/01/19, 08:30 PM Is Tofu as good for you as it seems when you read about it? If so, I'll have to incorporate it into my diet...
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2005/01/19, 08:46 PM I stay away from it, loaded with soy protein. In fact it is extracted from fresh soybeans. There are conflicting studies to date, but many of them hint that soy is a promoter of estrogen, the exact opposite of what we want. I personally avoid it like the plague. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.... bb1fit@freetrainers.com
immovablestone Posts: 151 Joined: 2005/01/19	2005/01/19, 08:50 PM What are some other good dietary sources of the vitamins, proteins and such (calcium, etc) that tofu is supposed to have?
jacksprat Posts: 72 Joined: 2002/10/19	2005/01/20, 08:43 PM Ron, is the estrogen true of all soy or just tofu? ============ Quoting from bb1fit: I stay away from it, loaded with soy protein. In fact it is extracted from fresh soybeans. There are conflicting studies to date, but many of them hint that soy is a promoter of estrogen, the exact opposite of what we want. I personally avoid it like the plague. =============