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    Edamame anyone?

    Posts: 140 Member
    edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    I've heard it's not good to eat too much Edamame and should switch to green Garbanzo beans. Does anybody know the reason for this?

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    • Posts: 95 Member
      probably something about soy?
    • Posts: 20 Member
      I LOVEEE edemame.
    • Posts: 27
      Never heard that but I LOVE edmame. It's so yummy in the pods with just a little sea salt...I actually had some at an asian restaurant today!
    • Posts: 1,178 Member
      Trader Joes has dark chocolate covered edamame... so gooooood.
    • Posts: 1,436 Member
      soy beans/edemame have a lot of estrogen in them and some think it can encorage breast cancer in both males and females. everything in moderation. :)
    • Posts: 8 Member
      I believe it's cuz Edamame is soy beans, which are high in estrogen content...and too much estrogen isn't too healthy for males (And for females as well - hormonal issues)....but anything in moderation is fine. As a vegetarian, I rely on tofu (pretty much any soy product) a lot.
    • Posts: 8 Member
      haha...i was thinking the same thing
    • Posts: 514 Member
      Well I'll just tell you why I don't eat them, soy blocks iodine from reaching the thyroid (the only place its absorbed), if I eat soy, then it affects my thyroid, which affects my metabolism which affects my weight. So I avoid soy, even though edamame may seem healthy, I'm terribly sensitive to the estrogenic effects of it all.
    • Posts: 528 Member
      As long as they are cooked there is no problem but eating too many raw ones can mess with your digestive system is all that I was told. I'm no expert, though.
    • Posts: 715 Member
      Hooray internet.

      http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=79
    • Posts: 140 Member
      Thanks Chris! :)
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