{"id":1086,"date":"2024-02-27T05:21:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T23:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2024-02-27T12:21:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T06:51:30","slug":"tofu-nutrition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/health\/tofu-nutrition\/","title":{"rendered":"Tofu Nutrition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tofu And Health<\/h2>\n<p>To fight diseases, avoid free radicals and even prevent cancer, humans need antioxidants as they play a major role in improving the immune system of the body. Tofu, a soy protein mostly well-known \u00a1n China, America and Japan, is a food item that is a rich source of antioxidants and also a rich source of selenium which \u00a1s a mineral that is very important for the proper functioning of antioxidants. Due to regular environmental changes, pollution and eating habits, the chances of humans contracting life threatening diseases is high.<\/p>\n<p>Tofu can also help reduce the chances of asthma, early ageing and arthritis, It also helps prevent cardio vascular diseases. The abundance of magnesium in this food helps reduce the risk of heart attacks. It also controls blood pressure levels as well as blood sugar levels and when made part of the diet and consumed on a regular basis, tofu can even <a href=\"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/health\/diabetic-diet-for-type-2-diabetes\/\">combat type 2 diabetes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Nutrition From Tofu<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tofu is a part of the soy family which is known for being a rich source of protein. Protein helps in tissue building and makes the hair and skin healthy.<\/li>\n<li>It prevents early ageing as well as keeps the body young and healthy. A very good source of iron, tofu helps the cells to supply oxygen to every part of the body. It also aids in maintaining haemoglobin levels in the blood.<\/li>\n<li>Tofu is rich \u00a1n copper, so eating it regularly might help prevent rheumatoid arthritis. Along with the presence of these minerals and vitamins, it is a rich source of fibre which helps with digestion.<\/li>\n<li>Tofu is very useful during menopause as \u00a1t contains certain types of phytoestrogens which help with post-menopausal osteoporosis.<\/li>\n<li>It is also rich in calcium and magnesium and can help in maintaining bone health.<\/li>\n<li>Tofu also does not contain any saturated fats and this is good because saturated fats are the major cause of heart diseases in people.<\/li>\n<li>It also provides high amounts of amino acids and fatty acids to the body helping prevent depression, maintains good cholesterol levels and reduces levels of bad cholesterol.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Must Read:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paisaalgo.com\/lalpathlab-pivots-calculator\/\">LALPATHLAB Pivot Point Calculator<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tofu And Health To fight diseases, avoid free radicals and even prevent cancer, humans need antioxidants as they play a &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Tofu Nutrition\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/health\/tofu-nutrition\/#more-1086\" aria-label=\"More on Tofu Nutrition\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Tofu-And-Health.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1086"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20275,"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086\/revisions\/20275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}