Anonymous wrote:I had a similar question, because my daughter would eat an entire meal of nothing but edamame, if I let her. Are the whole beans better or worse than processed soy products?

I think soy in order of good-terrible:

1. Fermented
2. Whole Soy beans
3. Tofu
4. Fake heavily processed soy foods such as Chickn'

Personally we only do fermented and whole soy beans. I would never intentionally feed my kids more unfermented processed soy than they already get via additives.

why would you let your kids eat gmo's?

I had a similar question, because my daughter would eat an entire meal of nothing but edamame, if I let her. Are the whole beans better or worse than processed soy products?

Anonymous wrote:Asking if tofu is "safe" as in the lead-in to this thread, made me think of choking hazards!

Some tofu is fine. But better to eat fermented soy, like tempeh.

Problem is the American diet is a lazy one. When people site "all the Asians eat soy" they don't realize that it is the FERMENTED soy, which is slow food, unlike the "fast foods" we eat here, such as packaged tofu. The difference between fermented soy and tofu is night and day, but I don't think most Americans have a clue as to what that means or what it tastes like.

Asking if tofu is "safe" as in the lead-in to this thread, made me think of choking hazards!

Some tofu is fine. But better to eat fermented soy, like tempeh.

I think some soy is fine, but wouldn't be comfortable making it a staple of my family's diet.

And I agree with PPs who think we should not put too much faith in what we're told by doctors about diet.

Anonymous wrote:You do know that most doctors have no expertise about eating healthfully at all, right?

I'm thinking the answer for most here is a resounding NO.

You do know that most doctors have no expertise about eating healthfully at all, right?

Our doc said 2 servings/week is healthy.

Balanced article written by a Korean doctor about soy:

http://drbenkim.com/soy-health.htm

Anonymous wrote:You do realize that tofu and soy products are used extensively throughout Asia, right? And that Asians are the most populous race on Earth? I'm sure that there are millions of children that each soy products daily with no harmful effects.

You do realize it is fermented soy that most cultures eat primarily, no? Big difference, look it up.

Anonymous wrote:I it is very unhealthy to with hold meat from your children. at this age they need meat everyday to develop. Once they are older into their teen years and past more critical development stages can you start experimenting with vegetarian vegan lifestyles.

Not true. I have very healthy, 99th percentile height & weight now-10-year-old who has been vegetarian his whole life. He's very bright and doing just fine.