Study: Tofu 'may raise risk of dementia' (moved from Vegetarian forum) (diet, price)

[Suncoast Guy]

Originally Posted by BBC News

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

Read more here: BBC NEWS | Have Your Say | Tofu 'may raise risk of dementia'

[Green Irish Eyes]

Since this is a health/wellness issue, not a vegetarian one, this thread properly belongs in a different forum.

[SouthernBelleInUtah]

If you read the article, there are a lot of caveats about tofu. One thing not mentioned was that the current elderly people grew up in a time when nutrition due to poverty was poor. Called cohort effects.

Also note the comment about formaldehyde.

I don't think we have much to worry about at this point!

[Peggy Anne]

I eat a lot of soy products. I have no dmctia. And no porblums. How can anoeyne writt stuff liek that ? Whut's this whorl comiang two ?

[Wicked Felina]

Originally Posted by Peggy Anne

I eat a lot of soy products. I have no dmctia. And no porblums. How can anoeyne writt stuff liek that ? Whut's this whorl comiang two ?

LOL...this is a classic!

You know, sometimes people actually read the links before posting them. Not always, but it does happen! Too priceless ~

[Green Irish Eyes]

I think the key line in the article (which I did read) is this:

She also stressed that there was no suggestion that eating tofu in moderation posed a problem.

Since that statement probably covers 99% of the people who eat tofu, I really don't think this is an issue. Also (since this thread was started in the Vegetarian forum), vegetarians/vegans eat much more than tofu. In fact, tofu is often just a tiny part of one's diet, with grains, greens, fruits and nuts having a much more important role.

[Aptor hours]

I read about that study before and that thing about the formaldehyde kind of makes the study very useless in my mind

[ocpaul20]

There is often formaldehyde in beer, melanin in milk, etc etc

If tofu was a problem, dont you think most of Asia would be suffering from the effects? It is eaten far more there than in the west and there are probably fewer regulations as to how it is produced. Really, we have to use some common sense when reading newpaper and article junk like this. There are these scare stories about every food that is not picked from an organically grown plant and eaten straight away.