Soy is an excellent protein source?
1. "protein" is a blanket term for a number of amino acids we need, and vegetable sources tend to miss a bunch of them.
2. atrocious calorie to protein ratio due to carbs. I imagine eating a pound (dry weight!) of any legume every day would get real old real fast.
3. phytoestrogens. not just soy, all legumes are full of them, even peanuts.
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1. "protein" is a blanket term for a number of amino acids we need, and vegetable sources tend to miss a bunch of them.
2. atrocious calorie to protein ratio due to carbs. I imagine eating a pound (dry weight!) of any legume every day would get real old real fast.
3. phytoestrogens. not just soy, all legumes are full of them, even peanuts.