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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]be careful about consuming too much soy-my kids all love tofu, edamame but I keep reading that it isn't great for kids, especially boys.  We still serve it in moderation but reports are mixed and that makes me nervous.[/quote]

Someone always mentions this whenever tofu is mentioned as a good thing for kids to eat. Obviously your kids should eat a balanced diet. They should not be getting ALL protein from soy products. But it is very unlikely that the phytoestrogens in soy are going to cause your little boy problems unless he is eating nothing BUT tofu.

Google found this for me in about 2 seconds: http://www.divinecaroline.com/self/wellness/no-soy-boys-say-what

"Experiments showing that phytoestrogens wreak havoc on men’s hormones tend to use extremely large doses of soy—much larger than the average man would eat in a single day. Men in Asian countries where a moderate amount of soy is a common part of the national diet report no hormonal interferences or fertility problems; the Asian diet’s association with low incidence of heart disease and cancer was one of the first indications that soy could be beneficial in the first place. Also, many of the terrifying stories cited as “proof” of soy’s dangers involve men who were consuming much more soy than average—up to[b] three quarts of soy milk per day[/b], in one instance."[/quote]

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