Kaido
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- Feb 14, 2004
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I just know that they ate a lot of fresh fish, I think pulled from the NY area. I've done canned tuna on a daily basis for years with no issues myself (afaik) & I also eat a lot of salmon. Blood tests haven't shown anything bad so far!
As far as tofu goes, I have a family member with a soy allergy, so we generally avoid soy-based products in our house because of that (I use substitutes like coconut aminos instead). However, if you dig past the broscience of soy & into the actual data, there are some surprising things about soy (including tofu) that is vastly different from the word-of-mouth slander it gets. This is an excellent article on it:
http://zenhabits.net/soy/
With that said, pediatricians don't push soy formula for dairy-allergic babies anymore because it is known to cause thyroid problems by the time they're toddlers - a result very specific to developing children rather than fully-grown adults. Although I do have an (adult) friend who switched to a soy-based diet & developed thyroid problems as a result. But those are literally the only two instances I have heard of it being negative - (1) as a primary food source for infants, and (2) for one specific adult who switched to eating primarily soy for years.
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