A new Canadian study came out talking about how the typical Western diet of fatty, processed, salt-laden and fried foods increases your chance of a heart attack 35%.On the converse side, if you eat more green leafies, you decrease your chance of a heart attack 30%.
Do either one of those stats surprise you?
Probably not. But here is one that might surprise you, eating tofu does nothing to help your chance against a heart attack and may actually increase it.
Why do I mention this?
Because so many people have convinced themselves that tofu and soy products are "health foods". It is not.
Excess amounts of soy are shown to increase your chance for thyroid problems, cancer, brain damage, reproductive disorders, kidney stones and weakened immune system.
The first comment I'll get is, "but Asian countries eat soy and they are the healthiest in the world." Yes they are, but they also eat much less soy than the typical soy-addict in this country and they eat soy, not the processed tofu which is shown to increase the health problems.
The moral of the story, do not confuse soy or soy products with "health food".
Keep eating those green leafies!
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