#6: The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth

This is day six of our education of the 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth. Woo Hoo! Some of these you won't be surprised by, some you will. I'll take one out of each food group each day to mix it up a bit.

All information is from the book by jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S. "The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth".

Day 6: Edamame (Green soybeans)

Either before or after reading this please read the intro to this chapter regarding the truth about soy products at the link below:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/57520-soy-not-as-good-as-you-think

As you might have guessed by a cursory glace through this book, I'm not a huge fan of soy. One soy food I do like well enough to include it in the tip 150 foods is edamame.

Edamame is the Japanese word for green vegetable soybeans. In Asia, they're finger food--the Japanese eat them as a snack with beer, much as americans eat peanuts. And as snack foods go, they're great. They're young, they're sweet, and they're not very "beany" or bitter. They also have lower amounts of the compounds in soybeans that I'm not crazy about--protease inhibitors, trypsin inhibitors, and phytates.

*Not terribly processed
* Makes a healthy snack alternative
* Not to build a meal around edamame, but it is a highly nutritious, high-protein vegetarian SNACK food.
* If they were to replace potato chips during football season, you'd probably see a quantum improvement in the health of the average sports fan
* 3 1/2 ounces provides:
- 12g of protein
- 4g of fiber
- 145mg of calcium
- 60mg of magnesium
- 111mcg of folate
- tiny bit of Vitamin A and C
- potassium heavyweight with more than 500mg per 100g


For our previous postings:

day one: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/57017--1-150-healthiest-foods-on-earth
day two: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/57180--2-the-150-healthiest-foods-on-earth
day three: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/57278--3-the-150-healthiest-foods-on-earth
day four: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/57482--4-the-150-healthiest-foods-on-earth
day five: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/57516--5-the-150-healthiest-foods-on-earth