Do you eat soy or soy based

[Jalapeñomel]

products?

[Saint Monica]

Yes.

[wambam]

No

[Christina]

Yes.

[Booze Raccoon]

I have. I don't do it regularly. Unless edamame counts. lol

[tiamo]

No

[Deleted]

Only edamame.

[polarbearfans]

I'm trying to limit soy. It does not make me feel well.

[celeste]

We eat tempeh or tofu for dinner a couple of times a month. Other than that, I try to avoid soy.

[2boys2danes]

Nope

[alzi]

Yes. I love tofu.

[Saint Monica]

Why are people avoiding soy?

[lightbulbsun]

Yes, I eat tofu fairly regularly. And edamame. Mmmm.

[christy082]

Edamame. Every once in a while- tofu or soy milk.

[Jalapeñomel]

Dec 16, 2013 8:45:24 GMT -5 Saint Monica said:

Why are people avoiding soy?

m.refinery29.com/is-soy-bad-for-you

[celeste]

Dec 16, 2013 8:45:24 GMT -5 Saint Monica said:

Why are people avoiding soy?

For me, it's mostly based on environmental issues (big soy farms are destroying the Amazon, among other places) and regardless of whether the soy I eat comes from there, I feel better not creating more demand for the product. I work in the field of environmental conservation and haves worked & lived in the Amazon, so it's an issue that is important to me.

There have also been concerns about soy acting as an estrogen mimic in the body, though the link with cancer is tenuous at best.

[rosiedozie]

I eat soy sauce and I'm sure that there are some soy products hiding in some snack foods, but I don't purposely eat soy as a protein source.

[thedutchgirl]

I try to limit it.

[textbookcase]

I try to avoid most processed soy products.

[wambam]

Dec 16, 2013 8:45:24 GMT -5 Saint Monica said:

Why are people avoiding soy?

I avoid it because it's mostly in processed foods which I avoid. Also, I'm unsure about the estrogen mimicking effects and I think it's better just to avoid.

[y4m]

Soy is in pretty much everything. Like it's in pretty much all commercially available chocolate. Do you soy avoiders not eat chocolate?

I had to avoid it completely for several months for allergy reasons, and it was nearly impossible. Much harder than wheat.

[hbear]

I try not to. Estrogen and all that.

[rosiedozie]

And I also have a thyroid condition and there is something about that and soy that's bad but I can't remember what. But since soy wasn't something I regularly ate on purpose, I didn't do a ton of research.

[textbookcase]

Dec 16, 2013 8:45:24 GMT -5 Saint Monica said:

Why are people avoiding soy?

I try to avoid it because it's a trigger food for endometriosis.

[Deleted]

Dec 16, 2013 8:45:24 GMT -5 Saint Monica said:

Why are people avoiding soy?

For me I don't want to, like, live on it because of all of the estrogen in it.

[janiejones]

Yes. Lots of soy and I feed it to my son.

And the estrogen thing is kind of confused. It's not full of the same estrogen that humans have/produce like animals are pumped with.
Also corn is pretty shitty in terms of agriculture and GMOs and people aren't avoiding that.

[alzi]

Dec 16, 2013 9:33:53 GMT -5 janiejones said:

Yes. Lots of soy and I feed it to my son.

And the estrogen thing is kind of confused. It's not full of the same estrogen that humans have/produce like animals are pumped with.
Also corn is pretty shitty in terms of agriculture and GMOs and people aren't avoiding that.

How do you prepare tofu for F? I want to make it for A to try but all the things I marinate it in have sugar or are spicy

[lafawnduh]

No, and I'm supposed to avoid it due to a thyroid issue. Soy can be a hormone disruptor.

[janiejones]

He gets pan fried, baked or pieces of veggie burger/veggie "chiecken" off my plate.

[snickers]

I don't avoid soy, but I don't buy soy versions of things on purpose, if that makes ay sense.