Tofu belongs to beans and tastes good, but every food has its advantages and disadvantages. This is a problem that we should pay attention to. Here, I will tell you in detail the advantages and disadvantages of tofu. Tofu is made from soybeans, green beans and black beans through soaking, grinding, filtering, boiling, refining and solidification. According to Chinese medicine books, tofu tastes sweet and cool, and has the effects of invigorating qi, harmonizing middle energizer, promoting fluid production and detoxifying. As the saying goes, "tofu with green vegetables keeps you safe", which is exactly what people praise for the nutritional and health care value of tofu. First, eating tofu in moderation is good for health. Eat any food in moderation, not in excess. Tofu not only contains eight essential amino acids, but also has a high nutritional value, which is close to human needs. Therefore, eating tofu in moderation is good for health, and attention should be paid to the collocation and compatibility of food while eating tofu. Suitable foods for tofu are white radish, mushrooms, kelp and fish. Because tofu belongs to plant protein, eating too much will lead to indigestion. Radish, especially white radish, has a strong digestive function, and it is best to eat both at the same time, which has the effects of strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach, promoting digestion and relieving bloating. Mushrooms are good for patients with hypertension and heart disease. It is a good diet and beauty food, and has the function of improving human immunity. Tofu is rich in plant protein and nutrition. Eating them together is good for health. Kelp contains a lot of iodine, and tofu can promote iodine excretion. Eating with kelp can balance the iodine content in human body. The methionine content in tofu is less, but the amino acid content in fish is very rich. Tofu contains high calcium content, and fish contains vitamin D. Eating together can improve the absorption of calcium by human body. The pilgrim's food includes spinach, bamboo shoots, honey, water bamboo and so on. Tofu contains magnesium amino and calcium sulfate, and spinach contains oxalic acid. When these two substances meet, magnesium oxalate and calcium oxalate can be produced. Can not be absorbed by the human body, easy to suffer from lithiasis. Eating tofu and bamboo shoots together will destroy its nutritional value and may also produce stones. Honey is sweet, cool and slippery, and it is easy to have diarrhea when eaten with tofu. Eating water bamboo and tofu together is easy to form stones. Eating tofu is good for the human body, but we must pay attention to eating it in moderation, especially for patients with kidney disease. Second, the harm of eating too much tofu 1. Under normal circumstances, protein, a plant that people eat in the body, undergoes metabolic changes, and most of it becomes nitrogen-containing waste, which is excreted by the kidneys. When people get old, the ability of the kidneys to excrete waste decreases. At this time, if you don't pay attention to your diet, eat a lot of tofu, and eat too much protein, it will inevitably increase the nitrogen-containing waste produced in your body, increase the burden on your kidneys, and further reduce your renal function, which is not conducive to your health. 2. Chinese medicine believes that people with cold tofu and cold stomach, people who are prone to diarrhea, bloating, spleen deficiency and kidney deficiency and frequent nocturnal emission should not eat more. Eating too much tofu will do harm to your health. Obviously, eating too much tofu will cause indigestion, promote the formation of arteriosclerosis, lead to iodine deficiency and promote gout attacks. 3. American medical experts pointed out that soy products are rich in methionine, which can be converted into cysteine under the action of enzymes. Cysteine can damage endothelial cells of arterial wall, and it is easy to deposit cholesterol and triglyceride on arterial wall, thus promoting the formation of arteriosclerosis. Soybeans that make tofu contain a substance called saponin, which can not only prevent atherosclerosis, but also promote the excretion of iodine in human body. 4. Long-term excessive consumption of tofu can easily lead to iodine deficiency, leading to iodine deficiency disorders. Tofu contains more purines, and gout patients with abnormal purine metabolism and patients with elevated blood uric acid concentration are prone to gout attacks, especially gout patients should eat less.