Learn the Truth About Soy. Just How Much Soy Do Asians Eat?

re: Learn the Truth About Soy. Just How Much Soy Do Asians Eat?

TomB — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:59:27 GMT

I'm responding to an old thread here, but note that the article was talking mostly about the myth that Asians have been rabid soy consumers for the last 10,000 years, when it seems from writings 80 years ago that it was a rare thing. Back then, the way to remove the poisons was to use fermentation, which took a lot of time. I would think that self-limited the use of soy because of supply problems. Modern methods have made it a huge industry, able to supply a food-like substance to the billions of people in the world. Soy may be a staple product today, but it appears that it was not less than a century ago.

re: Learn the Truth About Soy. Just How Much Soy Do Asians Eat?

chipwiz — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:14:50 GMT

Seeing that your report shows Asian consuming 65% calories from pork and only 1.5% Tofu, I can believe some Chinese would do that, at least the meat eating Chinese who has adopted the western diet. Most Asians who has not adopted the western diet still use soy as a staple in their diet. It is important where you look to gather your statistics! The soy based meat analogs as well as candy bars and snack foods have been linked to increased IGF1 in scientific studies and these are not the type of soy products the traditional Asians consume. The refined soy products are implicated in increased cancer risks is true but not the unrefined soy products like edamame, tofu and the Asian soy staples which are unrefined soy products! Sorry, please redo your research , but with more rigor this time before reporting.

re: Learn the Truth About Soy. Just How Much Soy Do Asians Eat?

yellowcorn — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:59:16 GMT

I'm an Asian and we have tofu milk and chunks like everyday.but i agree,who feeds tofu milk to infants??we don't do that.

re: Learn the Truth About Soy. Just How Much Soy Do Asians Eat?

Tonygo888 — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:03:02 GMT

I agree after living in Honolulu for 10 years and traveling to Japan as well as having good friends of Asian ancestry in Hawaii that tofu is eaten quite a bit in the form of miso soup as well as cut into bite size chunks from a block and fried or added to the Miso soup. I can't believe anyone would say tofu or soy sauce is not a big part of the Asian diet.

re: Learn the Truth About Soy. Just How Much Soy Do Asians Eat?

BecomingChloe — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:54:31 GMT

Apparently you've never been to Japan. I lived there for 6 months, and almost everyone I knew ate soy every day, if not at every meal. Natto mixed with a raw egg dropped on top of a bowl of rice is a staple breakfast food, and miso soup is eaten with almost every lunch or dinner, unless another soup (often containing tofu or miso) is the main dish. Miso soup's main ingredient is soy and it is usually garnished with small block of tofu. A block of cold tofu drizzled with soy sauce is also a very common dish.