Tofu 'may raise risk of dementia'

[Maleficarum]

Eating high levels of some soy products - including tofu - may raise the risk of memory loss, research suggests.

The study focused on 719 elderly Indonesians living in urban and rural regions of Java.

The researchers found high tofu consumption - at least once a day - was associated with worse memory, particularly among the over-68s.

The Loughborough University-led study features in the journal Dementias and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders.

Soy products are a major alternative protein source to meat for many people in the developing world.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/7490202.stm

Fuck you vegans:lolfngr

[ahartn]

Fuck tofu and fuck soy! If you're a man you shouldn't be putting any soy products into your body:

http://www.mothering.com/articles/growing_child/food/soy_story.html


However, in the years since soy formula has been in the marketplace, parents and pediatricians have reported growing numbers of boys whose physical maturation is either delayed or does not occur at all. Breasts, underdeveloped gonads, undescended testicles (cryptorchidism), and steroid insufficiencies are increasingly common. Sperm counts are also falling.

[Bruiser]

What about Soy Sauce? Hmmm Hmmmm?

[Gnome Sayin]

Apparently raw soy products have phyto-estrogen compounds in them. Gives you man boobs. I never touch the stuff. Soy sauce is OK as it's been fermented.

[Fee-Fi-Fo-Figger]

I eat tofu occasionally, but here's a hint. It really is best if you flavor it with very fatty meat like bacon or sausage.

If you prep it right it makes a great sustitution for lean pork in a variety of asian dishes.