The Fool wrote:
>
> > From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Sammy is willing to eat tofu.
> >
> > I think he'd have been a little more enthusiastic about the whole thing
> > (and eaten more of it) if he weren't teething quite so bad, but he did
> > eat *some*, and seemed to enjoy it. I hope to do at least as well next
> > time.
>
> Tofu / Soy, may not be the best thing to be eating:
>
> http://www.rense.com/general16/estrogeninsoy.htm
> http://www.rense.com/general/notsoygood.htm
> http://www.rense.com/general9/soys.htm
> http://www.rense.com/general4/soys.htm
Having read all 4 articles, I figure the potential harm to Sammy by his
eating 1 small serving of tofu a week is nowhere *near* the potential
harm my husband was exposed to as an infant from being given soy formula
from day 1. (His mother's medication for epilepsy made breastfeeding a
bad idea, and his older brother had developed a bad reaction to
milk-based formula, so they put him straight onto soy in the beginning.)
As the last article states, "if soy agrees with you, eating a moderate
amount as part of a mixed diet is likely to do more good than harm."
He's not going to be eating more than a moderate amount anytime soon.
The tofu has the virtue of having a texture somewhere between the gloppy
stuff he has to be fed with a spoon and other stuff that has to be
chopped *very* finely for him to be able to handle it (still only 2
teeth, front bottom, but that may change sometime this month). It's the
first food with texture he took to quickly. I figure the benefit of him
having tofu when I go to Mongolian BBQ (which is about 3 or 4 times a
month) outweighs the risks from him getting the small quantity he's
going to eat there.
(I will be *so* glad when he has more teeth. From what I've been able
to see when he's let me glimpse at the inside of his mouth, the top
front 2 teeth may very well come in within the next week, and he may be
more interested in a wider variety of textures.)
Julia
