Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Edamame (Soy Beans)



These are a nice snack with good protein and fiber. Heat in the bag in the microwave for 3 minutes. Pop the beans out of the shell pod: hold the curved part of the pod towards your mouth, bite into it gently. The side seam will open, and the bean will pop out. Don't eat the pod.

Some people are concerned about soy products having too much estrogen. Some of that fear stemmed from backlash from the dairy industry threatened by soy products like milk, yogurt, cheeses. Soy has phytoestrogen which is not harmful to humans. However, cow milk has mammalian estrogen meant to grow a calf into an adult cow and is harmful to humans. We are supposed to be weaned from milk, and forcing our body to consume breast milk especially from another species over the long-term has negative health consequences.

No sodium also