Tofu too much can cause five kinds of disease

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        Bean curd and bean curd products than soy protein content high, and bean curd proteins are completely protein, not only contain human body must be of the eight kinds of amino acids, and its proportion was close to human needs, nutrition effect higher price. Bean curd also contain adipose, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. Chinese medicine theory is that, the bean curd flavour Kennedy sex cool, into the spleen, stomach, the large intestine, with gas and beneficial in oneself, dryness, qingrejiedu efficacy, and could be used in the treatment of red eye, thirst, sulfur, liquor toxicity solution. But the bean curd is good, eat more and disadvantages, excessive will endanger health, lead to the following disease.

        Prompted kidney function decline. In normal circumstances, people eat into the body of plant proteins after metabolic changes, and finally become waste most of nitrogen, the kidney ruled out of the body. People to the old, and the ability of renal excretion waste, then if no attention to diet, eating plenty of bean curd excessive intake of plant sex protein, resulting in the body of the generation of nitrogen increased waste, add to the kidney burden, renal further recession, is not conducive to health.

        Cause indigestion. Tofu contains rich protein, a eat too much not only stunts the human body to absorb iron, and easy to cause the protein indigestion, appear abdominal distension and diarrhea symptoms.

        Prompted atherosclerosis formation. American medical experts point out that, bean products contains abundant methionine, methionine in under the action of enzymes can be transformed into homocysteine. Cysteine will damage the artery wall endothelial cells, easy to cause the cholesterol and triglyceride deposition in the artery wall, make atherosclerosis formation.

        Lead to iodine deficiency. Production of soy bean curd contains a soap Angle that with the material, it can not only prevent sclerosis of arterial congee appearance, but also can promote the body the excretion of iodine. Long-term excessive eating tofu is easy to cause iodine deficiency, lead to edible.

        Attacks prompted gout. Bean curd including purine more, purine metabolic disorders gout patients and blood uric acid concentration of serum patients feed more easy to gout attack, especially gout patients to eat less.

        Visible, bean curd is good, also should not be food every day, an edible also don't excessive. The elderly and kidney disease, iron deficiency anemia, gout disease, arteriosclerosis more patients to control measure. Traditional Chinese medicine thinks, the bean curd sex slant cold, cold and stomach the diarrhea and abdominal distension, who often appear and the spleen deficiency of the kidney failure spermatorrhea is unfavorable also feed more. (XuChengWen)