Eat more tofu are good for health?

In tofu contains a lot of methionine, methionine under the action of the enzyme can be converted to cysteine. Raise homocysteine can damage the endothelial cells in the artery, easier to make cholesterol and triglycerides deposition in the arteries causes atherosclerosis. Saponin compounds can prevent the formation of lipid peroxide, is the main cause of atherosclerosis. But the saponins will lead to excretion of iodine in the body.

So, eat tofu during a long time can lead to a deficiency of iodine. In addition, tofu making purine metabolism disorder in the body, makes the concentration of uric acid in the serum of easy high lead to the "attack" of gout.

If every day just to eat tofu or tofu is the main food in the daily menu can cause constipation and hinder iron absorption by the human body easily lead to indigestion and protein will cause serious tummy even cause diarrhea.

In the normal case, when fed into the body, feed through the metabolism of plant proteins, and finally most of the nitrogen-containing waste through excretion by the kidneys. In addition, with regard to the elderly, the ability of the kidney's waste excretion fell less then the tofu increases the amount of nitrogen-containing wastes in the body, the more burden for the kidneys. Because when consumed plant proteins will increase the burden for the kidneys, forcing the kidneys filter the more waste. The long term will reduce kidney function.

In addition, a number of the report of the Harvard public health school, United States of America, if consumed so much tofu in daily meals will make the men's sperm count falling dramatically. Soy products that affect the male reproductive system, particularly the bad influence to the essential. Soy and phytoestrogens-rich isoflavone lecithin products, if consumed will affect androgen levels to the South, leading to a series of bad consequences.

Eating too much soy can affect sperm count. In the past 5 years, those who ate soy products will have the probability of erectile dysfunction 3.46 times higher than others.

In General, the tofu is good, but we should not eat each day, a food and not eat too much. The elderly and people with kidney disease, iron deficiency anemia, gout, atherosclerosis ... as should control the consumption of soy products.

As such, although tofu is very beneficial to health, but should not be eaten daily, and are also not suitable to eat too much at once. Especially for the elderly and patients with iron deficiency anemia, kidney disease and atherosclerosis, more attention to controlling eating tofu every day, if not, it can cause serious consequences to health.=

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