Posted on 07/04/2008 9:45:48 PM PDT by atomic conspiracy
Eating high levels of some soy products - including tofu - may raise the risk of memory loss, research suggests.
The study focused on 719 elderly Indonesians living in urban and rural regions of Java.
The researchers found high tofu consumption - at least once a day - was associated with worse memory, particularly among the over-68s.
The Loughborough University-led study features in the journal Dementias and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders.
Soy products are a major alternative protein source to meat for many people in the developing world. But soy consumption is also on the increase in the west, where it is often promoted as a "superfood".
Soy products are rich in micronutrients called phytoestrogens, which mimic the impact of the female sex hormone oestrogen.
There is some evidence that they may protect the brains of younger and middle-aged people from damage - but their effect on the ageing brain is less clear.
The latest study suggests phytoestrogens - in high quantity - may actually heighten the risk of dementia.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
I usually sprinkle MSG on mine. No problems so far...
Glad I had a MEAT cook out today.
Choosing tofu is proof of dementia.
I eat lots of um....what’s it called?
Where am I?
I knew that stuff had to be bad for you!
Soy is among several foods people with low thyroid cannot eat - it is Goitrogenic.
Soy is among several foods people with low thyroid cannot eat - it is Goitrogenic.
University of Hawaii study, 1996, tofu bad for the brain.
Is that like being low on oil?
Anyone that eats tofu is already brain dead!
Some dance eat to remember
Some dance eat to forget
Soy is among several foods people with low thyroid cannot eat - Goitrogenic.
What is the causality? Does tofu cause dementia, or do demented people like eating tofu?
Umm, what’s a tofu again?
I know I ate some last week, but I forgot what it’s made of.
Oh, well.
tofu...the ambiguous clot
But there’s a positive side, as well, from the article.
“The latest study also found that eating tempe, a fermented soy product made from the whole soy bean, was associated with better memory.
Professor Hogervorst said the beneficial effect of tempe might be related to the fact that it contains high levels of the vitamin folate, which is known to reduce dementia risk.
“It may be that that the interaction between high levels of both folate and phytoestrogens protects against cognitive impairment.”
She also stressed that there was no suggestion that eating tofu in moderation posed a problem.
Rebecca Wood, of the Alzheimer’s Research Trust, which funded the study, said more research was needed to pin down the potential risks and benefits of so-called superfoods.
However, she said: “This kind of research into the causes of Alzheimer’s could lead scientists to new ways of preventing this devastating disease.”
Tofu!
This must be the key to understanding our Democrat friends.
They don’t remember all the Klintoon kerfluffles.
They don’t remember the borking of Federal Judge Robert Bork.
They don’t remember what a joke Jammah Cahtah was.
They don’t remember the daily follies of Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, Turban Durbin, etc.
They all eat too much tofu - problem now understood. Ban tofu.
****Tofu ‘may raise risk of dementia’****
So that is what is wrong with “them”!
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