Is there really estrogen in tofu?!
Is there really estrogen in tofu?
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Period, flat out, no if's and's or but's there is NEVER any estrogen in soy! It's TOTALLY meat/dairy industry propaganda to try and scare you. Raw soybeans have phytosterols but phytosterols are heat sensitive and break down rapidly above 135F.
Making tofu requires you to first make soymilk. Soymilk has to be heated above 135F during it's production. At that point the phytosterols break down. Here's links to the nutritional breakdown on soft and firm tofu. Go down to the page to the section labeled sterols and you'll see that there aren't any!
http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-c0000...
http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-c0000...
A darn sight better than cow milk that's loaded with cholesterol and REAL mammalian hormones!
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Vegetarians do not eat fish. A fish eater is a Piscivore. Spread the correct word!
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/piscivo...
plant estragen.(isoflavinoids).
yep, plant estrogen.
Yes- Plant estrogen. Same with soymilk.
It's harmless... unless you go overboard.
I went crazy with the soymilk when I started my job at a coffeeshop and it totally messed with my hormones!
Careful!
Yes, kinda...
Soy estrogens are "plant estrogens" or "phytoestrogens" (phyto is Greek for plant). They are found in many plant foods besides soy. This is an article about phytoestrogens from the Institiute of Food, Science and Technology of the UK. It is worth reading. Here is the beginning of it:
"Phytoestrogens are naturally occurring phenolic plant compounds, present in foods such as beans, cabbage, soyabean, grains and hops, and are part of a wider class of polyphenols found in all plants. They are structurally similar to the mammalian oestrogen, oestradiol, and have oestrogenic properties. However, their oestrogenic activity is generally much less than that of human oestrogens (oestrogenic activity ranges from 1/500 to 1/1000 of the activity of oestradiol). Hence phytoestrogens can act as anti-oestrogenic agents by blocking the oestrogen receptors and exerting a much weaker oestrogenic effect compared with the hormone. As a consequence it has been suggested that they might partly suppress or inhibit normal oestrogenic activity in oestrogen-responsive tissues such as breast tissue and may reduce the risk of breast cancer. They may, in addition to their endocrine effects, have action on cellular targets which are independent of oestrogen, thereby complicating the prediction of their properties in humans.
Here's a funny article about that...
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=...
plant estrogen (phyto estrogens) maybe..but people say that more processing (as in U.S.) eliminates and destroys a lot of them...I don't know for sure...they are not required to list them on the label....but cow's milk can have rGbh (bovine growth hormone) in it (given to increase milk production) ..and they don't have to list that on the label either.
Edit- I think Greenghost is right. Thanks for the link to prove it.
yeah helps you get in touch with your feminine side