Is This True? Does Eating Tofu Encourage Weight Gain?!
"Tofu and tempeh are SOY. Soy is a known endocrine system disruptor... beginning with your thyroid... you notice that when you start getting fat and tired. The next stage that soy sets is a whole range of nutritional deficiencies because it actually BLOCKS your ability to absorb nutrients from the rest of the food you are eating. You will also notice that you are starting to get "skin tags"... this is because most of the soy is processed with an acid solution in aluminum tanks... this is aluminum poisoning. The Morningstar Farms brand of vegetarian convenience foods you find in the grocery stores is LOADED with soy.
You need to recover from the use of soy. Start working in lots of nori, dulse and other seaweed products to help your thyroid."
please answer if you are actually educated in this.
Answers: i got this as an answer to a vegan quesion, is it true?
"Tofu and tempeh are SOY. Soy is a known endocrine system disruptor... beginning with your thyroid... you notice that when you start getting fat and tired. The next stage that soy sets is a whole range of nutritional deficiencies because it actually BLOCKS your ability to absorb nutrients from the rest of the food you are eating. You will also notice that you are starting to get "skin tags"... this is because most of the soy is processed with an acid solution in aluminum tanks... this is aluminum poisoning. The Morningstar Farms brand of vegetarian convenience foods you find in the grocery stores is LOADED with soy.
You need to recover from the use of soy. Start working in lots of nori, dulse and other seaweed products to help your thyroid."
please answer if you are actually educated in this.
I doubt it, it looks like people are trying to make you scared about what you are eating, despite the fact that your PREVIOUS questions are focusing a LOT on weight loss, to the point where you might have an eating disorder or developing serious self-image issues. There are a lot of people on this website that will go to any lengths to push their ideology despite the fact that it might not be right.
Look, I eat something with soy in it every day, I have been for years and I am thin and fit. The only time in my life that I was overweight was when I was a preteen, before I became vegetarian. I learned a lot about food.
This is an exaggeration of what soy does to your body, and I am really sorry that you got caught up in someone's little rant. I can promise you that I haven't had any "skin tags" happen on me (LOL!), I have not had any problem absorbing nutrients (I was in the US Army and served for the country and I had regular physicals and I was at the top of my shape, my blood levels of potassium, iron, etc were all perfect), I have NEVER felt fat and tired from soy products.
I agree that processed food is full of SALT and SODIUM, which you might want to avoid (Morningstar). However, soy in itself (especially fermented soy products like tempeh!) are NOT harmful to you. There is FAR more research supporting soy products (and their benefits for the heart and body) than research saying it is harmful.
Speaking of endocrine disruptors, there are endocrine disruptors in MANY environmental and chemical things surrounding us every day. Don't let yourself be fooled - the man-made chemicals are much worse in many ways. They are in cow's milk, they are in meat that you eat, in household products you use.
If you let yourself be dogged into a fear of endocrine disruptors you might as well shun everything and live in a bubble as many things around us are endocrine disruptors.
the chinese and many asians consume lage amounts of soy products and they seem to be doing fine. in fact, as a whole, asians are leaner.
A great rebuttal by John Robbins (and much less fanatical in nature than the original argument):
http://www.foodrevolution.org/what_about...
well i know it has a lot of protein, so that would help to gain muscle, but as for weight (obesity) i would say no.
It is best to stay away from doubtful matters.
i'm not saying im educated on this topic, but i think it really depends on how much you eat. funny thing is that just the other day i was reading a magazine that was talking about this. they said that as long as you have it every once in awhile its okay but with every meal is alittle absurd and over doing it.
I don't know. sorry!!