THE MIRACLE NOODLES

OMG I AM IN LOVE WITH SHIRATAKI TOFU NOODLES


* made of naturally water soluble fiber with no fat, sugar, or starch.
* contain zero net carbohydrates and zero calories, no gluten -made of a healthy natural fiber called Glucomannan.
* wheat & gluten free and kosher.
* Easily absorbs the flavors of any soup, dish, or sauce.
* are instant and come in a variety of styles
* have shown beneficial effects backed by medical studies for Type II Diabetes, Constipation, Obesity, and Cholesterol!

Here's a question for you: What good are the benefits you mentioned, if the item you are eating [soy] is toxic to the body?

Do you have a citation for that?

So far as I know soy is not toxic to the human body. However it does contain phytoestrogens which can affect the human body in large doses - that's why soy based formulas are supposed to be a last ditch effort to get nutrition into a baby after all non-soy formulas have failed. The extra estrogen can have a hard impact.

Adults would have to eat an extremely large amount of soy to see any sort of issue (granted if you eat a lot of processed foods, this isn't out of the question since almost everything uses soy as a filler).

Thanks for the info! I drink Soy milk because for some reason my stomach decides to act up everytime I have milk. Thanks for clearing up how "its bad for you" lol I was nervous for a second!

Do you have a citation for that?

So far as I know soy is not toxic to the human body. However it does contain phytoestrogens which can affect the human body in large doses - that's why soy based formulas are supposed to be a last ditch effort to get nutrition into a baby after all non-soy formulas have failed. The extra estrogen can have a hard impact.

Adults would have to eat an extremely large amount of soy to see any sort of issue (granted if you eat a lot of processed foods, this isn't out of the question since almost everything uses soy as a filler).

Soy IS Toxic..

The only time of soy that is not toxic is fermented.
...
The 3 most prevalent/common (easiest to find) types of fermented soy are: Soy sauce, Tempeh and Miso.

They do make fermented tofu, but you have to look for it.

Unfermented Soy contains phyto estrogens and cause cancer, reproductive issues, inhibit thyroid function, etc.

Traditionally, asian people eat very little soy - and typically only eat fermented soy.

"It’s only common sense. No one argues, for example, that a leading cause of breast cancer, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, infertility, and low libido is unopposed estrogen, or estrogen dominance. Why, then, would anyone argue that we should consume more of a food high in estrogen?"

"An infant taking the recommended amount of soy formula is consuming a hormone load equivalent of 4 birth control pills a day! Is it any wonder we’ve seen such a dramatic rise in precocious puberty with young girls starting their periods at 6 and 7?"

There's actually a particular length of time for soy detoxing. A while back i read that it was 1 month for every year you were a soy-consumer (ie: 20 years = 20 months). I don't know how true THAT is, but soy is bad news.

"
Another common fallacy is that soy foods couldn't possibly have a downside because Asian cultures eat large quantities of soy every day and consequently remain free of most western diseases. In reality, the people of China, Japan and other Asian countries eat very little soy. The soy industry's own figures show that soy consumption in China, Indonesia, Korea, Japan and Taiwan ranges from 10 to 90 grams per day. That is grams of soy food, not grams of soy protein alone. Compare this with a cup of tofu (250 grams) or soy milk (240 grams). Many Americans and Australians today would be consuming a cup of tofu and a couple of glasses of soy milk every day. They might also add veggie burgers to this, thinking they are getting their much needed protein intake. Infants on soy formula are probably the most disadvantaged, as that is their main source of nutrition and they ingest large amounts of soy relative to their body weight. Often the side effects are not noticed but, as they are growing up, runny noses, frequent colds, irritability, severe sugar cravings and food intolerance develop.

The summary below outlines the adverse effects of unfermented soy products:

* Trypsin inhibitors in soy interfere with protein digestion and may cause pancreatic disorders. In test animals soy containing trypsin inhibitors caused stunted growth.

* Soy phytoestrogens disrupt endocrine function and have the potential to cause infertility and to promote breast cancer in adult women.

* Soy phytoestrogens are potent anti-thyroid agents that cause hypothyroidism and may cause thyroid cancer. In infants, consumption of soy formula has been linked to autoimmune thyroid disease.
Vitamin B12 analogs in soy are not absorbed and actually increase the body's requirement for B12.
Soy foods increase the body's requirement for vitamin D.

* Fragile proteins are denatured during high temperature processing to make soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein.

* Free glutamic acid or MSG, a potent neurotoxin, is formed during soy food processing and additional amounts are added to many soy foods.

* Soy foods contain high levels of aluminum which is toxic to the nervous system and the kidneys.
Source: (www.westonaprice.org)

In contrast, consuming organic fermented soy products is quite beneficial. Consuming even small amounts of unfermented soy on a regular basis could cause some adverse effects in our body. Next time you consider drinking soy milk; perhaps instead consider oat milk, coconut milk or goat's milk. Some people who are allergic to dairy can tolerate goat milk and goat cheese products in small quantities. Replacing soy and regular milk with these alternatives allow us to enjoy our beverages and cereals without harming our health."


Gotta LOVE that soy.

i also bought them this weekend for the first time,
here is a helpful link for info and recipes - and shows how to rinse, prepare, etc

http://www.hungry-girl.com/biteout/show/2157

bump for later!

ditto the Hungry Girl suggestion, she uses them in all sorts of recipes.

I've tried them a couple times and didn't really like the flavor or texture, maybe I didn't rinse them good enough. :-\

But I find them in my grocery store (Albertsons) in the section that has tofu and soy products.

Need to purchase to lower calories...I am a little afraid of the fish taste smell!

Do you have a citation for that?

So far as I know soy is not toxic to the human body. However it does contain phytoestrogens which can affect the human body in large doses - that's why soy based formulas are supposed to be a last ditch effort to get nutrition into a baby after all non-soy formulas have failed. The extra estrogen can have a hard impact.

Adults would have to eat an extremely large amount of soy to see any sort of issue (granted if you eat a lot of processed foods, this isn't out of the question since almost everything uses soy as a filler).

Soy IS Toxic..

The only time of soy that is not toxic is fermented.
...
The 3 most prevalent/common (easiest to find) types of fermented soy are: Soy sauce, Tempeh and Miso.

They do make fermented tofu, but you have to look for it.

Unfermented Soy contains phyto estrogens and cause cancer, reproductive issues, inhibit thyroid function, etc.

Traditionally, asian people eat very little soy - and typically only eat fermented soy.

"It’s only common sense. No one argues, for example, that a leading cause of breast cancer, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, infertility, and low libido is unopposed estrogen, or estrogen dominance. Why, then, would anyone argue that we should consume more of a food high in estrogen?"

"An infant taking the recommended amount of soy formula is consuming a hormone load equivalent of 4 birth control pills a day! Is it any wonder we’ve seen such a dramatic rise in precocious puberty with young girls starting their periods at 6 and 7?"

There's actually a particular length of time for soy detoxing. A while back i read that it was 1 month for every year you were a soy-consumer (ie: 20 years = 20 months). I don't know how true THAT is, but soy is bad news.

"
Another common fallacy is that soy foods couldn't possibly have a downside because Asian cultures eat large quantities of soy every day and consequently remain free of most western diseases. In reality, the people of China, Japan and other Asian countries eat very little soy. The soy industry's own figures show that soy consumption in China, Indonesia, Korea, Japan and Taiwan ranges from 10 to 90 grams per day. That is grams of soy food, not grams of soy protein alone. Compare this with a cup of tofu (250 grams) or soy milk (240 grams). Many Americans and Australians today would be consuming a cup of tofu and a couple of glasses of soy milk every day. They might also add veggie burgers to this, thinking they are getting their much needed protein intake. Infants on soy formula are probably the most disadvantaged, as that is their main source of nutrition and they ingest large amounts of soy relative to their body weight. Often the side effects are not noticed but, as they are growing up, runny noses, frequent colds, irritability, severe sugar cravings and food intolerance develop.

The summary below outlines the adverse effects of unfermented soy products:

* Trypsin inhibitors in soy interfere with protein digestion and may cause pancreatic disorders. In test animals soy containing trypsin inhibitors caused stunted growth.

* Soy phytoestrogens disrupt endocrine function and have the potential to cause infertility and to promote breast cancer in adult women.

* Soy phytoestrogens are potent anti-thyroid agents that cause hypothyroidism and may cause thyroid cancer. In infants, consumption of soy formula has been linked to autoimmune thyroid disease.
Vitamin B12 analogs in soy are not absorbed and actually increase the body's requirement for B12.
Soy foods increase the body's requirement for vitamin D.

* Fragile proteins are denatured during high temperature processing to make soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein.

* Free glutamic acid or MSG, a potent neurotoxin, is formed during soy food processing and additional amounts are added to many soy foods.

* Soy foods contain high levels of aluminum which is toxic to the nervous system and the kidneys.
Source: (www.westonaprice.org)

In contrast, consuming organic fermented soy products is quite beneficial. Consuming even small amounts of unfermented soy on a regular basis could cause some adverse effects in our body. Next time you consider drinking soy milk; perhaps instead consider oat milk, coconut milk or goat's milk. Some people who are allergic to dairy can tolerate goat milk and goat cheese products in small quantities. Replacing soy and regular milk with these alternatives allow us to enjoy our beverages and cereals without harming our health."


Gotta LOVE that soy.

Can you provide an academic source for this information?
I'm not trying to disagree with you, but if soy was known to cause all of these issues there would be a major epidemic of problems sweeping the nation given the amount of times that soy or its byproducts are used as a filler.

I do agree that phytoestrogens cause issues, but its also important to remember that the are NOT human estrogen. They cause some issues, but saying it can cause all of the issues as extra estrogen in the body is misleading.

It's also important to note that most of these issues are only when soy is consumed in extremely large amounts. I don't think anyone is saying to eat an entire pallet's worth of tofu noodles.

Do you have a citation for that?

So far as I know soy is not toxic to the human body. However it does contain phytoestrogens which can affect the human body in large doses - that's why soy based formulas are supposed to be a last ditch effort to get nutrition into a baby after all non-soy formulas have failed. The extra estrogen can have a hard impact.

Adults would have to eat an extremely large amount of soy to see any sort of issue (granted if you eat a lot of processed foods, this isn't out of the question since almost everything uses soy as a filler).

Soy IS Toxic..

The only time of soy that is not toxic is fermented.
...
The 3 most prevalent/common (easiest to find) types of fermented soy are: Soy sauce, Tempeh and Miso.

They do make fermented tofu, but you have to look for it.

Unfermented Soy contains phyto estrogens and cause cancer, reproductive issues, inhibit thyroid function, etc.

Traditionally, asian people eat very little soy - and typically only eat fermented soy.

"It’s only common sense. No one argues, for example, that a leading cause of breast cancer, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, infertility, and low libido is unopposed estrogen, or estrogen dominance. Why, then, would anyone argue that we should consume more of a food high in estrogen?"

"An infant taking the recommended amount of soy formula is consuming a hormone load equivalent of 4 birth control pills a day! Is it any wonder we’ve seen such a dramatic rise in precocious puberty with young girls starting their periods at 6 and 7?"

There's actually a particular length of time for soy detoxing. A while back i read that it was 1 month for every year you were a soy-consumer (ie: 20 years = 20 months). I don't know how true THAT is, but soy is bad news.

"
Another common fallacy is that soy foods couldn't possibly have a downside because Asian cultures eat large quantities of soy every day and consequently remain free of most western diseases. In reality, the people of China, Japan and other Asian countries eat very little soy. The soy industry's own figures show that soy consumption in China, Indonesia, Korea, Japan and Taiwan ranges from 10 to 90 grams per day. That is grams of soy food, not grams of soy protein alone. Compare this with a cup of tofu (250 grams) or soy milk (240 grams). Many Americans and Australians today would be consuming a cup of tofu and a couple of glasses of soy milk every day. They might also add veggie burgers to this, thinking they are getting their much needed protein intake. Infants on soy formula are probably the most disadvantaged, as that is their main source of nutrition and they ingest large amounts of soy relative to their body weight. Often the side effects are not noticed but, as they are growing up, runny noses, frequent colds, irritability, severe sugar cravings and food intolerance develop.

The summary below outlines the adverse effects of unfermented soy products:

* Trypsin inhibitors in soy interfere with protein digestion and may cause pancreatic disorders. In test animals soy containing trypsin inhibitors caused stunted growth.

* Soy phytoestrogens disrupt endocrine function and have the potential to cause infertility and to promote breast cancer in adult women.

* Soy phytoestrogens are potent anti-thyroid agents that cause hypothyroidism and may cause thyroid cancer. In infants, consumption of soy formula has been linked to autoimmune thyroid disease.
Vitamin B12 analogs in soy are not absorbed and actually increase the body's requirement for B12.
Soy foods increase the body's requirement for vitamin D.

* Fragile proteins are denatured during high temperature processing to make soy protein isolate and textured vegetable protein.

* Free glutamic acid or MSG, a potent neurotoxin, is formed during soy food processing and additional amounts are added to many soy foods.

* Soy foods contain high levels of aluminum which is toxic to the nervous system and the kidneys.
Source: (www.westonaprice.org)

In contrast, consuming organic fermented soy products is quite beneficial. Consuming even small amounts of unfermented soy on a regular basis could cause some adverse effects in our body. Next time you consider drinking soy milk; perhaps instead consider oat milk, coconut milk or goat's milk. Some people who are allergic to dairy can tolerate goat milk and goat cheese products in small quantities. Replacing soy and regular milk with these alternatives allow us to enjoy our beverages and cereals without harming our health."


Gotta LOVE that soy.

AGREE! This website explains everything: http://www.optimumchoices.com/Soy.htm

as for the fishy aspect - they are packaged in some kind of brine, so thats why you really have to strain and rinse them.
i just tried it for the first time, so i read the instructions on hungry girl -- i rinsed them a few times, drained and dried with papertowels. the smell was pretty much gone i cooked them in some lite soy sauce and garlic. ive been a fan of thin rice noodles.. other people think they have no taste. so. it depends what you like.