Tofu can be said to be a common food on our table and is rich in nutrition. However, we must not eat too much. Eating more than 100-150 grams will cause decline in kidney function, indigestion, and so on.... Not only that, but also on the food mix. Next, Xiao Bian will take you to look at some of the precautions of eating tofu, to avoid eating wrong and hurt.
Tofu is the most familiar traditional food for the people. It is rich in nutrients, rich in calcium, protein, amino acids, lecithin and so on. Can you know? There are still some knowledge in tofu, and eating it wrong can hurt you.
First, eat tofu can not be excessive, the best control in 100-150 grams a day, otherwise it may lead to the following health problems:
1. Promote renal function decline
After the plant protein is ingested by the human body, most of its metabolism becomes nitrogenous waste and is excreted by the kidneys. If you consume large amounts of tofu over a long period of time, ingesting too much vegetable protein will inevitably lead to excessive nitrogen waste in the body and increase the burden on the kidneys. In elderly people with reduced renal excretion capacity, renal function may decline further.
2. Promote the formation of arteriosclerosis
There have been reports in foreign countries that the rich amino acids in soybean products can be converted to cysteine, which can damage arterial wall endothelial cells after ingestion by the human body, easily depositing cholesterol and triglyceride on the arterial wall, and promoting arteriosclerosis. form.
3. Indigestion
Tofu is rich in protein, once eaten too much not only hinder the body's absorption of iron, but also easily lead to protein indigestion, abdominal distention, diarrhea and other symptoms.
4. Promote gout attack
Tofu contains more purines, and it is easy to make uric acid stones or gout attack in gout patients with abnormal purine metabolism and increased serum uric acid concentration.
Second, eat tofu but also pay attention to mix, so as to avoid the following troubles:
Low protein utilization
The soy protein contained in tofu lacks the essential amino acid methionine, which, if consumed alone, has low protein utilization.
Solution: Fish, eggs, meat and other ingredients rich in methionine to eat together, for example, fish head tofu, tofu scrambled eggs, minced meat, tofu, etc., can make the ratio of the entire amino acid tend to balance, beneficial tofu The protein is fully absorbed.
Lead to iodine deficiency
Soybeans contain a substance called saponin that can excrete iodine in the body. Long-term excessive consumption of tofu can easily cause iodine deficiency.
Solution: Don't forget to mix some iodine-rich ingredients when eating tofu, such as kelp.
Formation of stones
Tofu is high in calcium, and if it is eaten together with vegetables with high levels of oxalic acid, calcium oxalate, which is not easily absorbed, will be generated and stones may be generated.
Solution: If you want to eat tofu with spinach, spinach, red leeks, white wine and other oxalic acid high vegetables, we must take a look at the vegetables to reduce the content of oxalic acid.