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Submitted by Lynn on Tue, 06/07/2005 - 11:29am.

This includes beancurd (tofu). From the WAPF website:

Soy was first used as a food during the late Chou dynasty (1134-246 BC), only after the Chinese learned to ferment soy beans to make foods like tempeh, natto and tamari. ...
Average consumption of soy foods in Japan and China is 10 grams (about 2 teaspoons) per day. Asians consume soy foods in small amounts as a condiment, and not as a replacement for animal foods.

And that last figure includes fermented soy foods. I eat a little tofu in my dashi miso soup when I go eat sushi once every couple of months and I don't think I'm going to die from it (by "a little" I mean there's maybe five small cubes in the bowl). But I don't make tofu a regular part of my diet. I do drink miso soup and use soy sauce, but they're both fermented.

And soy milk is very bad.

Food can harm you, Kerri. I know Jenny always says you gotta die of something, but as someone who's had a lot of health problems from poor diet, I say why be miserable while you're alive? Smiling

Lynn Siprelle, Editor

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