Cancer Protective Diet

Using Soy Proteins: Delicious Tofu and Tempeh Recipes

Soy proteins have long had a bad rap in the breast cancer world. For a long time, doctors advised women with breast cancer to stop eating all soy products based on early animal studies in rats.  But rats aren’t humans, and large studies of women in the US and China have since shown the effect of soy proteins on breast cancer to be neutral and even protective, if... eaten from an early age. By soy proteins, we mean tofu, tempeh, miso and soy milks eaten in reasonable quantities of up to three 1-cup servings a day; soy supplements should still be avoided. This is good news for those of us who want to follow a plant based diet.

Here are some great ideas for using tofu and tempeh to welcome it back into your kitchen. Please note that tempeh is a fermented soy product and as a living organism should be treated in the same way as meat, which means using separate cutting boards and cooking it before eating, which we will show you how to do here. Enjoy!