Tofu brain is rich in nutrition, containing many essential trace elements such as iron, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium, as well as sugar, vegetable oil and rich high-quality protein, and is known as "vegetable meat".

Tofu is a nourishing, heat-clearing and health-preserving food. Regular eating can tonify the middle energizer, clear away heat and moisten dryness, promote fluid production to quench thirst and clear the stomach. It is more suitable for people with heat constitution, bad breath, thirst, indigestion and fever. Tofu is rich in phytoestrogens and has a good effect on the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. It also has the function of inhibiting breast cancer, prostate cancer and hematological tumor diseases. Sterol and stigmasterol in tofu are both effective components in inhibiting cancer.

Modern medicine has proved that tofu not only has the function of increasing nutrition, helping digestion and stimulating appetite, but also is beneficial to the growth and development of teeth and bones, and can increase the iron content in blood in hematopoietic function; Tofu contains no cholesterol, and is a medicinal food for patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease. Supplementing nutrition for children, patients and the elderly is also a good diet therapy.

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Edible efficacy of tofu;

1, fitness. Every100g of soybean milk contains protein 4.5g, fat1.8g, carbohydrate1.5g, phosphorus 4.5g, iron 2.5g, calcium 2.5g, vitamins and riboflavin. It is of great benefit to enhance physical fitness.

2. Prevent diabetes. Soybean milk contains a lot of cellulose, which can effectively prevent excessive absorption of sugar and reduce sugar, thus preventing diabetes. It is an essential good food for diabetic patients.

3. Prevention and treatment of hypertension. Soybean sterol, potassium and magnesium contained in soybean milk are powerful salt-resistant substances. Sodium is one of the main sources of hypertension. If the amount of sodium can be properly controlled in the body, it can not only prevent and treat hypertension, but also treat hypertension.

4. Prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease. Soysterol, potassium, magnesium and calcium contained in soybean milk can enhance cardiovascular excitement, improve cardiovascular nutrition, lower cholesterol, promote blood flow and prevent vasospasm. If you can insist on drinking a bowl of soybean milk every day, the recurrence rate of coronary heart disease can be reduced by 50%.

5. Prevent stroke. Magnesium and calcium contained in soybean milk can obviously reduce cerebral blood lipid and improve cerebral blood flow, thus effectively preventing cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage. Lecithin contained in soybean milk can also reduce the death of brain cells and improve brain function.

6. Prevention and treatment of cancer. Protein, selenium, molybdenum, etc. Soybean milk has strong cancer inhibition and treatment ability, especially for gastric cancer, intestinal cancer and breast cancer. According to the survey, people who don't drink soy milk are 50% more likely to get cancer than those who drink soy milk regularly.

Reference source? Baidu encyclopedia-bean curd