Soy - Do you eat it?

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  • moglovesshoez
    moglovesshoez Posts: 83 Member
    I'm Paleo so hell no!! that stuff is paleo poison!
  • FlaxMilk
    FlaxMilk Posts: 3,452 Member
    I don't avoid it (I actually love it) but I do find I have to limit it due to hormonal issues. I discovered this on accident, when I had switched nondairy milks and protein powders for awhile. I love tofu, love soy milk in my coffee, so it sucks having to limit it.
  • plantgrrl
    plantgrrl Posts: 436 Member
    You bet! I'm a vegetarian (my whole life). Worthington, Loma Linda, Morningstar, Yves, Tofurky, Edamame, Tofu--bring it on! Then again if you're worried about soy for whatever reason, there's always Seitan or TVP.

    If you don't "like" tofu, get extra firm, put it in the freezer for a day, defrost, drain and add a good soy marinade--my mom's standby is soy (watered down) with garlic--for at least an hour (you could use a good teriyaki sauce though or something along those lines). Then fry it. My husband (the meat eater) likes it like this.
  • eric_sg61
    eric_sg61 Posts: 2,925 Member
    Nope I put it in the same category as trans fats as an ingredient I avoid, even though it is nearly impossible to avoid.
  • bepeejaye
    bepeejaye Posts: 775 Member
    Patooeey!! I neither like the texture, nor the taste (or tastelessness) of Tofu...Soy Milk tastes horribly. I stick to Almond Milk.
  • carrietehbear
    carrietehbear Posts: 384 Member
    I avoid soy based products. I figure I'm getting plenty of soy in other products that I don't need to go & add it. I'm kind of afraid of what soy will do to my hormones.
  • agggie550
    agggie550 Posts: 281 Member
    I avoid soy, just because my understanding is soy has a lot of estrogen in it. I use to drink a lot of soy milk when i first started my weight loss journey, and this may be a mental thing or it may be true, but after i stopped drinking soy milk and switched over to almond, this was like a year ago, i had already lost 142 lbs ... I felt like my man boobs got smaller very quickly. So not sure if the estrogen in the soy was a factor or not, but now i try to avoid large amounts of soy.
  • caligirl2802
    caligirl2802 Posts: 232 Member
    I LOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE TOFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUU SOOOOOOOO MUUUCCCHHH!!!! But, I'm also a vegetarian so it's a staple in my diet lol UGH! Fried tofu with peanut sauce, holy **** man, if you haven't had that you are SERIOUSLY!!! MISSING OUT!!! Seitan, tofu, I eat all that jazz. You have to learn how to cook with it. Tofu plain can taste kind of icky, but put a little soy sauce on it, bake it or stir fry it, and you're set. I have yet to try a meat loaf or tofurkey though. I think I'm going to do that for Thanksgiving/Christmas this year :)

    Oh I am sooooooooo with you - I just had tofu satay skewers for dinner last night - A..MAZE...ING!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm veggie also and tended to stay away from any kind of meat replacements and had only ever tried to cook tofu unsuccessfully one time - I was then introduced to them recently by a friend and I'm now a tofu convert. Salt and Chilli Pepper Tofu = AWESOME!!!!!!!

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