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[wings]

I'm wondering if I can find tuna packed in water, not oil, anywhere. I'm sure I remember finding some a few years back at emart, in a pouch rather than a can, but now I can't find it. any tips?

Also I am trying to find some nutritional information for the really delicious tofu that is sold at every mini-supermarket, you know, the cheap one that is cut into huge blocks for 1200 won. I've looked on line, but I'm sure that the tofu here is quite different from the horrible stuff that I was eating back in Canada! If anyone is in the know I would really appreciate it.

Cheers!

[IamBabo]

I've seen it recently at Homeplus. Also, Costco has Albacore in water as well.

[soomin]

For tofu, it varies on type, of course~ but I believe you are eating the freshly-made 든든한두부 (firm tofu)

Here are some stats on firm tofu. though of course, they can vary. One website says a half-cup of tofu has 94 calories, 10.1 grams of protein, 1.5 - 5 grams of fat (depending on whether it is low-fat or not), 22% of your daily recommended dose of calcium, >2 grams of iron and 0 cholesterol~ This all varies, and some websites say it has fewer calories and blah-blah-blah, but this is probably a good guideline to follow ^.^

source: http://vegetarian.about.com/od/healthnutrition/p/tofunutrition.htm

You can also look at the brand name tofu blocks and get an estimate from that~ I bought some the other day that was 250 calories for a big block. (about 2 big servings *loves tofu*)

Hope that helps ^.^

[orosee]

Kind of OT, but that reminds me when a steak house chain in Germany caught trouble because of a concept ad (they never published it) that said "Tofu is gay meat". Somehow I thought that could actually work in favour for tofu, at least for the urban population.

[luckylady]

[orosee]

[fermentation]

Well beans are estrogenic and tofu is made out of beans. I've had people tell me too much tofu can make you grow those saggy man boobs but I've had no such problem and I eat plenty of tofu.

[TDC troll]

I saw tuna packed in water , yesterday at E-mart .
It was from Dongwon .
They are a big tuna company here.
It was rather expensive , 3,600 won for a small one serving pack .

Just look around in the tuna aisle.

[luckylady]

[R. S. Refugee]

Does this sound like a "health" food to you?

But Akingbemi believes that limiting exposure wouldn�t hurt.

�The current scientific evidence isn�t enough to say that exposure to these compounds is toxic, but we also can�t say with certainty that there is no effect,� he said.

Some researchers believe that waiting for proof from long-term human data may come at a price.

Patisaul compares the effects of genistein to Bisphenol A, or BPA, the estrogenic compound found in plastic bottles that many scientists suspect can harm brain and reproductive development.

�Genistein does the same thing and yet we are supposed to be eating tons of it because it�s supposedly healthy�it just doesn�t make sense,� she said.

During WWII the much healthier food, coconut and coconut oil, were not available in the West. After WWII the soybean producers in the US started a vilification campaign against the coconut oil (saturated fat) and palm oil and in favor of soy oil and soy products in general. Pretty neat propaganda coup with the usual suffering for consumers. What was the real health problem with these tropical oils? Mid-western farmers couldn't grow coconut trees. That was the main health problem with them.


Very little evidence exists for the health benefits of unfermented soy products. Fermented soy products on the other hand, are fine and very nutritious - miso, soy sauce, natto, etc.

Learn to think, read, and question. That's really the best way to greater health and happiness.

http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/estrogenic-effects-of-soy