liesl
Sep 16th, 2007, 05:18 PM
Hello fellow herbivores,
I've been a vegan for a little over a year now and a veggie for a little over two years. Mostly my family is quite supportive but occasionally they are a few naysayers who comment on this concern or that concern.
Recently it's been "too much soy is not good for you."
I know that it's just concern for me and my health but I always have this underlying suspicion (could also be read paranoia) that they are looking for one little crack in the vegan lifestyle to prove they right for eating animal products and I'm wrong for not.
I like really tofu and eat a decent amount of it--not a lot, surely not as much meat as a meat-eater eats. I'll always tell people that it's good and tastes good (and I will cook it for them to prove it) and now they are telling me too much is bad. (The same people who scarf down a whole huge steak. :rolleyes: )
I've been trying to read up on it but find it awfully confusing with conflicting opinions and studies.
So I was just wondering whats the deal with "too much soy"?
How much is too much?
What is the recommended daily intake of tofu?
People keep mentioning tofu has too much estrogen?
How much estrogen is in tofu?
And how does it compare to the estrogen level in chicken? (I've always heard it was were really high--that men who eat excessive amounts of chicken can even develop man-boobs and fertility problems.)
Thanks so much.
:)
Liesl
I've been a vegan for a little over a year now and a veggie for a little over two years. Mostly my family is quite supportive but occasionally they are a few naysayers who comment on this concern or that concern.
Recently it's been "too much soy is not good for you."
I know that it's just concern for me and my health but I always have this underlying suspicion (could also be read paranoia) that they are looking for one little crack in the vegan lifestyle to prove they right for eating animal products and I'm wrong for not.
I like really tofu and eat a decent amount of it--not a lot, surely not as much meat as a meat-eater eats. I'll always tell people that it's good and tastes good (and I will cook it for them to prove it) and now they are telling me too much is bad. (The same people who scarf down a whole huge steak. :rolleyes: )
I've been trying to read up on it but find it awfully confusing with conflicting opinions and studies.
So I was just wondering whats the deal with "too much soy"?
How much is too much?
What is the recommended daily intake of tofu?
People keep mentioning tofu has too much estrogen?
How much estrogen is in tofu?
And how does it compare to the estrogen level in chicken? (I've always heard it was were really high--that men who eat excessive amounts of chicken can even develop man-boobs and fertility problems.)
Thanks so much.
:)
Liesl