fat free cheese sticks: ugh they were like rubber!

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Anonymous wrote:Tofu isn't good for you? My kids love it, should I be witholding it? Plain, cubed tofu?

Excessive soy isn't good, but the processed stuff is usually worse. Tofu, miso, edamame are OK in moderation.

Tofu isn't what they mean when they talk about "processed" soy, they mean soy flour / oil / protein / lecithin in packaged foods. Tofu is fermented, it's one of the best forms of soy you can eat.

Wow, sorry but that's seriously wrong.

1. Tofu is not fermented.

2. Unfermented soy products - INCLUDING TOFU - are harmful because soy has phytoestrogens (plant compounds that mimic estrogen in the human body). These should be eaten only occasionally. This includes soy milk, edamame, soy products as a food additive, etc.

3. Fermented soy products are not a danger. This includes miso paste, natto, tempeh, etc.

I am married to an Asian. There's a common misconception that they eat tofu all the time - not so, it's an occasional food. Fermented soy, on the other hand, is often an everyday food (e.g., miso eaten with almost every meal in Japan).

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Anonymous wrote:Tofu isn't good for you? My kids love it, should I be witholding it? Plain, cubed tofu?

Excessive soy isn't good, but the processed stuff is usually worse. Tofu, miso, edamame are OK in moderation.

Tofu isn't what they mean when they talk about "processed" soy, they mean soy flour / oil / protein / lecithin in packaged foods. Tofu is fermented, it's one of the best forms of soy you can eat.

I remember eating bagels (hey there's no fat). Or cereal for a snack (all those vitamins). Or low fat cheese (ewe).

Remember slim fast shakes?!

Anonymous wrote:Tofu isn't good for you? My kids love it, should I be witholding it? Plain, cubed tofu?

Excessive soy isn't good, but the processed stuff is usually worse. Tofu, miso, edamame are OK in moderation.

Anonymous wrote:Back in the 90s/early 2000s I ate "very healthy" aka lean cuisine and diet coke for lunch, sipped on crystal light all day, and loved snackwells for after dinner treats. It makes me gag to think of how many chemicals I consumed on a daily basis. Now I eat a lot more (good) fat but a lot less sugar and nearly all whole foods. Just funny how the times change!

Yes, minus the Nutrasweet. I never could drink that. But I was all about Lean Cuisines, etc.

Tofu isn't good for you? My kids love it, should I be witholding it? Plain, cubed tofu?

I forgot about snack wells!

Well, my parents wouldn't usually buy Coke or other drinks with sugar. A special treat for a birthday/holiday maybe. But they now laugh about how back in the day, at the same time they would buy whole wheels of cheese and considered that a healthy food as compared to a soft drink or sugary snack.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes - tofu, fat free, vegetarian, whole grain -- Now paying dearly.

Confused. At those bad for you!

fat free anything usually just means added sugar. and tofu isnt good for you.

Anonymous wrote:Yes - tofu, fat free, vegetarian, whole grain -- Now paying dearly.

Confused. At those bad for you!

I just ate a lot of fruits & veggies, but never ate fake food. Though I do recall how a "diet salad" was at a local diner - it was like pineapple rings (probably from a can) and a scoop of cottage cheese.

anyone else shocked things like jenny craig and nutrisystem still exist? seems like we all know how bad that crap is for you now a days!

Yes - tofu, fat free, vegetarian, whole grain -- Now paying dearly.

Back in the 90s/early 2000s I ate "very healthy" aka lean cuisine and diet coke for lunch, sipped on crystal light all day, and loved snackwells for after dinner treats. It makes me gag to think of how many chemicals I consumed on a daily basis. Now I eat a lot more (good) fat but a lot less sugar and nearly all whole foods. Just funny how the times change!