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| do bottled iced tea and powdered tea mixes. But herbal tea doesn't contain leaves from the tea plant, Camellia sinesis, so it shares none of the benefits of the others. |
| Tofu and Other Soy Foods |
| Maintain intestinal health |
| Relieve constipation |
| Stabilize blood sugar levels |
| Can help reduce menopause symptoms |
| May help lower risk of heart disease |
| May reduce risk of breast and prostate cancer |
| In Asian countries, soy products are an everyday staple. The Japanese, who eat about 24 pounds of soy food per person per year (Americans eat about 4 pounds), live longer than people anywhere else in the world and have the lowest rates of heart disease. Although no one can say for sure that soy plays a role in these statistics, there's strong evidence in its favor. |
| The Healthiest Protein |
| A 3-ounce serving of tofu provides 20 grams of protein, along with about half the RDA for bone-building calcium and 13 milligrams of ironthat's 87 percent of the RDA for women and 130 percent of the RDA for men. The high iron content in soy foods is absorbed well, unlike that in most plant foods. And although tofu and other soy foods are moderately high in fat, most of the fat is polyunsaturated. All these factors make soy a terrific meat replacer. |
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