Have you or do you use soy products?

[branfan]

Originally Posted by Debsi

I avoid non-fermented soy (lovely soy sauce is fermented ) as there are a fair amount of studies showing soy is bad for people with thyroid issues as it blocks proper absorption of thyroid hormone.

yeah i don't eat soy. i have hypothyroidism. i try my best not to eat soy. i try to eat a lot of raw or steamed veggies. that way i know what i'm eating. raw nuts fruit and stuff. i like this. i can see what my food is LOL. plus a lot of the soy is GMO.

[Miaiam]

I am not going to discuss whether soy is negative or positive healthwise, but people eat a tremendous amount of food that is often linked to serious diseases if consumed too often or too much - and soy products they are not.

I eat tofu maybe once a week and use low-sodium soy sauce with extreme moderation, the amount of salt in it is massive. As much as I love a fresh vegetable stir-fry, and love love love sushi, it baffles me when I see someone pouring soy sauce over a plate as if it were water!

I occasionally buy TVP (that soy protein that looks like dried ground beef) and substitute it for ground beef when making stuffed vegetables (with rice and beef) too.

[nan5623]

I love soy milk & soy noodles.

I have not tried tofu YET tho. Thinking about it tho. There are so many kinds, I wouldn't know which one to get.

[Bulldogdad]

Originally Posted by branfan

yeah i don't eat soy. i have hypothyroidism. i try my best not to eat soy. i try to eat a lot of raw or steamed veggies. that way i know what i'm eating. raw nuts fruit and stuff. i like this. i can see what my food is LOL. plus a lot of the soy is GMO.

It might shock you whats in your raw food.

[Bulldogdad]

Originally Posted by nan5623

I love soy milk & soy noodles.

I have not tried tofu YET tho. Thinking about it tho. There are so many kinds, I wouldn't know which one to get.

I like the very firm kind of tofu. I use it like meat in my stir fry cooking.

Instead of a pound of meat for example I use half pound meat and half pound tofu. I marinate it like meat but for a shorter period of time.

[Davachka]

Soy milk every day for about 20 years.
Don't really like milk, and daughter has been entirely raised on soymilk.
Otherwise, eat tofu once or so a week, and we love edamame.

[NinaN]

I use soy sauce occasionally. Not the low-salt kind...my blood pressure runs low and a little extra salt is OK with me.

[Stumbler.]

Most of the soy products I've tried aren't as appealing or tasty to me personally. I'm not a vegetarian, but in case I want to occasionally swap a meat dish with a veggie one, soy isn't the only option. That's the thing -- soy is thought of as the stereotypical food for vegetarians who need a "meat substitute" but there are other protein sources (eg. chickpeas, lentils etc. say in Middle eastern or Indian food and those are cuisines whose vegetarian dishes don't really use soy)

[TabulaRasa]

I eat edamame once in a while, tofu a couple of times a year, and soy sauce when I eat sushi, which is probably once a month or so. Soy is in a lot of products, though, including energy bars I eat from time to time. I usually don't use soy as a meat substitute, myself. If I'm going meatless, I just double up on the veggies and legumes.

[branfan]

Originally Posted by bulldogdad

It might shock you whats in your raw food.

LOL i know. that's why i try my best to eat organic veggies and fruits. i'm not 100% organic though.